What time is it in Moscow?
20:43:34
Friday 13 November 2026
- Moscow, Russia
- Time zone UTC+03:00
- No daylight saving time
- Sunrise 08:00 · sunset 16:26
Time difference with Moscow
Moscow is on UTC+03:00 right now: 3 hours ahead of UTC all year round.
| City | Time | Compared with Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 17:43 | 3 hours behind |
| New York United States | 12:43 | 8 hours behind |
| Los Angeles United States | 09:43 | 11 hours behind |
| Paris France | 18:43 | 2 hours behind |
| Berlin Germany | 18:43 | 2 hours behind |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 21:43 | 1 hour ahead |
| New Delhi India | 23:13 | 2 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore Singapore | 01:43 | 5 hours ahead |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong | 01:43 | 5 hours ahead |
| Tokyo Japan | 02:43 | 6 hours ahead |
| Sydney Australia | 04:43 | 8 hours ahead |
| São Paulo Brazil | 14:43 | 6 hours behind |
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Daylight saving time in Moscow
Moscow does not change its clocks: UTC+03:00 all year round.
History of local time in Moscow
| Period | Legal time |
|---|---|
| since 26 October 2014 | UTC+3 all year round |
| 2012 – 2013 | UTC+4 all year round |
| 1992 – 2011 | UTC+3, summer time UTC+4 |
| 1991 | UTC+2, summer time UTC+3 |
| 1981 – 1990 | UTC+3, summer time UTC+4 |
Official time zone (IANA database): Europe/Moscow. Daylight saving time around the world
Upcoming eclipses visible from Moscow
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 505 km away, Novhorod-Siverskyï (Ukraine) is 1 hour behind Moscow in winter and on the same time in summer.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Cherëmushki | 10 km |
| Obruchevo | 12 km |
| Nikulino | 13 km |
| Troparëvo | 14 km |
| Novokhovrino | 15 km |
| Vostochnoe Degunino | 15 km |
| Reoutov | 15 km |
| Vatutino | 15 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Moscow
- Sunrise
- 08:00
- Sunset
- 16:26
- Day length
- 8 h 26 min
- Tomorrow
- −4 min
Dawn 07:19, dusk 17:08, solar noon 12:13. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (7 hours); longest: 21 June 2026 (17 h 33 min).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 03:44 (13 June 2027), latest at 08:59 (26 December 2026); earliest sunset at 15:56 (10 December 2026), latest at 21:18 (21 June 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 17 % illuminated
Moonrise 12:44 · moonset 18:29 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 14:47 · moon calendar
Other cities in Russia
- Saint Petersburg
- Novosibirsk4 hours ahead
- Yekaterinburg2 hours ahead
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Kazan
- Chelyabinsk2 hours ahead
- Omsk3 hours ahead
- Samara1 hour ahead
- Rostov-on-Don
- Ufa2 hours ahead
- Krasnoyarsk4 hours ahead
- Voronezh
Good to know about the time in Moscow
Moscow is on UTC+3 all year round, with no daylight saving time. Russia first kept summer time permanently in 2011, then went back to winter time for good in October 2014. Moscow is 2 hours ahead of Paris in winter and 1 hour ahead in summer. Paris – Moscow time difference
Russia spans eleven time zones, from Kaliningrad in the west to Kamchatka in the east: when it is midday in Moscow, it is already 21:00 in Kamchatka.