Current time in Istanbul
Istanbul, Türkiye, keeps Türkiye Standard Time at UTC+03:00 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Istanbul
18:22:03
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
Time zone in Istanbul
Sunrise and sunset in Istanbul
Sun and clock in Istanbul
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Istanbul comes at 13:04, because the city lies about 16° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Istanbul
With the clocks no longer going back, the latest sunrise is now 08:29, on December 29.
New York (40.7°N) and Madrid (40.4°N) lie on almost the same parallel as Istanbul, so their days stay within 4 minutes of Istanbul’s all year; the clock in New York is 7 h or 8 h behind Istanbul, depending on the date, and in Madrid 1 h or 2 h behind Istanbul, depending on the date.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 07:52 | 17:46 | 9 h 54 m |
| December 15 | 08:22 | 17:37 | 9 h 15 m |
| January 15 | 08:27 | 18:00 | 9 h 33 m |
| February 15 | 07:59 | 18:38 | 10 h 39 m |
| March 15 | 07:16 | 19:10 | 11 h 54 m |
| April 15 | 06:25 | 19:43 | 13 h 18 m |
| May 15 | 05:46 | 20:15 | 14 h 28 m |
| June 15 | 05:31 | 20:38 | 15 h 6 m |
| July 15 | 05:45 | 20:35 | 14 h 50 m |
| August 15 | 06:14 | 20:03 | 13 h 50 m |
| September 15 | 06:45 | 19:14 | 12 h 30 m |
| October 15 | 07:15 | 18:24 | 11 h 9 m |
When the clocks change in Istanbul
Istanbul stopped changing its clocks on March 27, 2016: it has stayed on UTC+03:00 since, the offset it used to move to for part of each year, instead of going back to UTC+02:00. The last move back was on November 8, 2015. The record opens with Istanbul’s own local mean time, UTC+01:55:52, kept until 1880.
Calling Istanbul from another time zone
| Place | Istanbul’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 06:00–14:00 | — | — |
| New York | 01:00–09:00 | none | none to 1 h |
| London | 06:00–14:00 | 5 h, 12:00–17:00 Istanbul time | 5 h to 6 h |
| Tokyo | 15:00–23:00 | 2 h, 09:00–11:00 Istanbul time | always 2 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Istanbul, 9 listed cities, including Los Angeles and Phoenix, are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, 7 listed cities, including Sydney and Melbourne, have already reached Saturday.
Istanbul compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Istanbul | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 8 h behind | 8 h behind / 7 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 3 h behind | 3 h behind / 2 h behind |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 1 h ahead | all year |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 2 h 30 min ahead | all year |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 5 h ahead | all year |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 6 h ahead | all year |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 8 h ahead | 7 h ahead / 8 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucharest | 450 km north-west | 1 h behind / the same | 12 minutes later |
| Athens | 560 km south-west | 1 h behind / the same | 21 minutes later |
| Kyiv | 1,060 km north | 1 h behind / the same | 6 minutes earlier |
| Budapest | 1,070 km north-west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 40 minutes later |
| Tel Aviv | 1,120 km south-east | 1 h behind / the same | 23 minutes earlier |
| Jerusalem | 1,170 km south-east | 1 h behind / the same | 25 minutes earlier |
| Cairo | 1,240 km south | 1 h behind / the same | 9 minutes earlier |
| Vienna | 1,280 km north-west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 50 minutes later |
Beyond Istanbul’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Moscow, 1,760 km to the north, on Europe/Moscow.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Istanbul in?
Istanbul keeps Europe/Istanbul, Türkiye Standard Time, at UTC+03:00 all year. The identifier is named after Istanbul itself.
Is all of Türkiye on the same time as Istanbul?
Yes. Europe/Istanbul is the tz database’s only entry for Türkiye, and Istanbul keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Istanbul?
20 other countries and territories keep exactly Istanbul’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Istanbul and Bucharest?
The clock in Bucharest, Romania, about 450 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is the same as Istanbul’s or 1 h behind Istanbul, depending on the date.