Current time in Moscow
Moscow, Russia, keeps Moscow Standard Time at UTC+03:00 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Moscow
18:22:03
Europe/Moscow · UTC+03:00
Time zone in Moscow
Sunrise and sunset in Moscow
Sun and clock in Moscow
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Moscow comes at 12:30, because the city lies about 7° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Moscow
Edinburgh, at 56.0°N, lies on almost the same parallel as Moscow, so its days stay within 3 minutes of Moscow’s all year; its clock is 2 h or 3 h behind Moscow, depending on the date.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 08:05 | 16:23 | 8 h 18 m |
| December 15 | 08:53 | 15:56 | 7 h 3 m |
| January 15 | 08:49 | 16:28 | 7 h 39 m |
| February 15 | 07:54 | 17:33 | 9 h 39 m |
| March 15 | 06:45 | 18:32 | 11 h 47 m |
| April 15 | 05:25 | 19:35 | 14 h 10 m |
| May 15 | 04:18 | 20:34 | 16 h 16 m |
| June 15 | 03:44 | 21:16 | 17 h 31 m |
| July 15 | 04:06 | 21:05 | 16 h 59 m |
| August 15 | 05:01 | 20:07 | 15 h 5 m |
| September 15 | 06:01 | 18:48 | 12 h 47 m |
| October 15 | 07:00 | 17:31 | 10 h 30 m |
When the clocks change in Moscow
Moscow has kept UTC+03:00 since October 26, 2014. The last time its clock showed anything else was from March 27, 2011 to October 26, 2014, when it ran at UTC+04:00. That was the last of 34 such spells in the record since 1900. The record opens with Moscow’s own local mean time, UTC+02:30:17, kept until 1916.
Calling Moscow from another time zone
| Place | Moscow’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 Moscow time | 5 h to 6 h |
| Tokyo | 15:00–23:00 | 2 h, 09:00–11:00 Moscow time | always 2 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Moscow, 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.
Moscow compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Moscow | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyiv | 760 km south-west | 1 h behind / the same | 28 minutes later |
| Helsinki | 890 km north-west | 1 h behind / the same | 51 minutes later |
| Warsaw | 1,150 km west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 1 h 6 min later |
| Stockholm | 1,230 km north-west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 1 h 18 min later |
| Bucharest | 1,500 km south-west | 1 h behind / the same | 46 minutes later |
| Copenhagen | 1,560 km west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 1 h 40 min later |
| Budapest | 1,570 km south-west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 1 h 14 min later |
| Berlin | 1,610 km west | 2 h behind / 1 h behind | 1 h 37 min later |
Beyond Moscow’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Istanbul, 1,760 km to the south-west, on Europe/Istanbul.
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 Moscow in?
Moscow keeps Europe/Moscow, Moscow Standard Time, at UTC+03:00 all year. The identifier is named after Moscow itself.
Is all of Russia on the same time as Moscow?
No. The tz database entries for Russia keep 11 different standard times, from UTC+02:00 (Eastern European Standard Time) to UTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Standard Time). Moscow keeps one in between, with 1 lower and 9 higher.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Moscow?
20 other countries and territories keep exactly Moscow’s clock, with no clock changes either. Within Russia, 2 other tz database entries match it too.
What is the time difference between Moscow and Kyiv?
The clock in Kyiv, Ukraine, about 760 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is the same as Moscow’s or 1 h behind Moscow, depending on the date.