About Gwangju
Gwangju is a city in South Korea. It uses Korea Standard Time (KST).
Gwangju does not observe daylight saving time.
- Coordinates
- 35.1547, 126.9156
- Population
- 1,401,235
- Time zone
- Asia/Seoul
- Country
- South Korea
- Capital
- Seoul
- Calling code
- +82
Airports
- KWJ · Gwangju
- MWX · Muan International
The current local time at Gwangju's airports (KWJ, MWX) is the same as the city time shown above.
Public holidays in South Korea (2026)
- New Year's DayThu, Jan 1
- Lunar New YearMon, Feb 16
- Lunar New YearTue, Feb 17
- Lunar New YearWed, Feb 18
- Independence Movement DayMon, Mar 2
- Labour DayFri, May 1
- Children's DayTue, May 5
- Buddha's BirthdayMon, May 25
- Local Election DayWed, Jun 3
- Memorial DaySat, Jun 6
- Constitution DayFri, Jul 17
- Liberation DayMon, Aug 17
- ChuseokThu, Sep 24
- ChuseokFri, Sep 25
- ChuseokSat, Sep 26
- National Foundation DayMon, Oct 5
- Hangul DayFri, Oct 9
- Christmas DayFri, Dec 25
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