It is generally accepted that the time all over the world comes from Greenwich, that is, the zero meridian that passes through Europe to the place where the British Isles, France and Spain are located, and the left convex part of mainland Africa. Thus, all countries located on the left side of this meridian calculate the difference in their time with a minus sign, and countries located on the right side with a plus sign. The time zones in which states are located relative to Greenwich are commonly called time zones. In what time zone are the states of Russia and both Korean states located, and what is the difference in time with Korea?
Broad is my native country ...
Yes, the songwriter is right. Russia is so wide that in one time zone, like most European countries, it does not fit either physically or geographically. Its westernmost region, in which the Kaliningrad region is located, is in the time zone +3, and the easternmost (Far Eastern regions) is +12. The Moscow region is located in the +4 belt relative to the zero meridian. That is, while in England, located in the zero time zone, 12 o’clock in the afternoon, we already have 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
What is the time difference with the Korean Peninsula?
Russia and Korea are crossed by a single time zone +9. Therefore, for example, in the Irkutsk region, located in the same time zone, it will be the same time with the Koreans. But for Muscovites living in a time zone of +4, the time difference with Korea will be impressive, that is, 9 - 4 = 5. Five hours of difference is almost a quarter of a day, so everyone who goes on such a long flight should be prepared for that that even though your plane starts from Moscow at 12 noon, having spent 8 hours en route, you will land in Korea after 13 hours, because at the time of launch in Korea it was already 5 o’clock.
Difference with other cities
In conclusion, we list the differences between Korea and other major Russian regional centers. So, the difference between Korea and:
- Kaliningrad - 6 hours;
- Moscow and St. Petersburg - 5 hours;
- Astrakhan - 4 hours;
- Yekaterinburg and Khanty-Mansiysk - 3 hours;
- Omsk - 2 hours;
- Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk - 1 hour;
- Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude - 0 hours;
- Yakutsk and Chita - +1 hour;
- Khabarovsk and Vladivostok - +2 hours;
- Magadan - +3 hours;
- Anadyr and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - +4 hours
Have a nice trip if you are going to Korea.