Russia

2:27:18am

02:27 on a 24-hour clock

Thursday, 13th August 2026

MSK · UTC+3 Europe/Moscow No daylight saving 🌙 Night

UTC offset: UTC+3
Time zone: Europe/MoscowMSK
Sunrise: 1:57 am
Sunset: 5:11 pm
Daylight: 15 hours 13 minutes252 seconds shorter than yesterday
Daylight saving: NeverSame offset all year

Russia has 26 time zones

The clock above is Moscow. Here is every zone in the country, live, with the cities in each.

Time zone	Now	Offset	Cities
Europe/Kaliningrad EET	1:27 am	UTC+2	Kaliningrad, Chernyakhovsk, Sovetsk, Baltiysk, Gusev, Svetlyy
Europe/Moscow MSK	2:27 am	UTC+3	Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh
Europe/Kirov MSK	2:27 am	UTC+3	Kirov, Kirovo-Chepetsk, Vyatskiye Polyany, Slobodskoy, Kotel’nich, Omutninsk
Europe/Volgograd MSK	2:27 am	UTC+3	Volgograd, Volzhsky, Kamyshin, Mikhaylovka, Uryupinsk, Frolovo
Europe/Astrakhan UTC+4	3:27 am	UTC+4	Astrakhan, Akhtubinsk, Znamensk, Kharabali, Kamyzyak
Europe/Saratov UTC+4	3:27 am	UTC+4	Saratov, Balakovo, Engels, Balashov, Vol’sk, Rtishchevo
Europe/Ulyanovsk UTC+4	3:27 am	UTC+4	Ulyanovsk, Dimitrovgrad, Inza, Barysh, Novoul’yanovsk
Europe/Samara UTC+4	3:27 am	UTC+4	Samara, Tolyatti, Izhevsk, Syzran, Novokuybyshevsk, Glazov
Asia/Yekaterinburg UTC+5	4:27 am	UTC+5	Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Ufa, Perm, Tyumen, Orenburg
Asia/Omsk UTC+6	5:27 am	UTC+6	Omsk, Tara, Kalachinsk, Isil’kul’
Asia/Novosibirsk UTC+7	6:27 am	UTC+7	Novosibirsk, Berdsk, Iskitim, Akademgorodok, Kuybyshev, Barabinsk
Asia/Barnaul UTC+7	6:27 am	UTC+7	Barnaul, Biysk, Rubtsovsk, Gorno-Altaysk, Novoaltaysk, Zarinsk
Asia/Tomsk UTC+7	6:27 am	UTC+7	Tomsk, Seversk, Strezhevoy, Kolpashevo, Asino
Asia/Novokuznetsk UTC+7	6:27 am	UTC+7	Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Prokop’yevsk, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kiselëvsk, Mezhdurechensk
Asia/Krasnoyarsk UTC+7	6:27 am	UTC+7	Krasnoyarsk, Abakan, Norilsk, Achinsk, Kyzyl, Kansk
Asia/Irkutsk UTC+8	7:27 am	UTC+8	Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Bratsk, Angarsk, Ust’-Ilimsk, Usol’ye-Sibirskoye
Asia/Chita UTC+9	8:27 am	UTC+9	Chita, Krasnokamensk, Borzya, Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy, Aginskoye, Nerchinsk
Asia/Yakutsk UTC+9	8:27 am	UTC+9	Yakutsk, Blagoveshchensk, Belogorsk, Neryungri, Svobodnyy, Mirny
Asia/Vladivostok UTC+10	9:27 am	UTC+10	Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Ussuriysk, Nakhodka, Artëm
Asia/Magadan UTC+11	10:27 am	UTC+11	Magadan
Asia/Sakhalin UTC+11	10:27 am	UTC+11	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Korsakov, Kholmsk, Okha, Nevel’sk, Poronaysk
Asia/Kamchatka UTC+12	11:27 am	UTC+12	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk
Asia/Anadyr UTC+12	11:27 am	UTC+12	Anadyr

Daylight saving

Clocks here do not change — this zone stays on the same offset all year.

That is for Moscow. A country this wide can have zones with different rules — check the individual city page if it matters.

Time difference to major cities

City	Local time	24h	Difference
Los Angeles PDT	4:27 pm Wed	16:27	10 hours behind
Mexico City CST	5:27 pm Wed	17:27	9 hours behind
Chicago CDT	6:27 pm Wed	18:27	8 hours behind
New York City EDT	7:27 pm Wed	19:27	7 hours behind
Toronto EDT	7:27 pm Wed	19:27	7 hours behind
São Paulo UTC-3	8:27 pm Wed	20:27	6 hours behind
London BST	12:27 am	00:27	2 hours behind
Paris CEST	1:27 am	01:27	1 hour behind
Berlin CEST	1:27 am	01:27	1 hour behind
Johannesburg SAST	1:27 am	01:27	1 hour behind
Cairo EEST	2:27 am	02:27	the same time
Dubai UTC+4	3:27 am	03:27	1 hour ahead
Delhi IST	4:57 am	04:57	2 hours 30 minutes ahead
Shanghai CST	7:27 am	07:27	5 hours ahead
Tokyo JST	8:27 am	08:27	6 hours ahead
Sydney AEST	9:27 am	09:27	7 hours ahead
Auckland NZST	11:27 am	11:27	9 hours ahead

Cities in Russia

Moscow Moscow --:-- Saint Petersburg St.-Petersburg --:-- Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Oblast --:-- Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk Oblast --:-- Nizhniy Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Oblast --:-- Kazan Tatarstan Republic --:-- Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk --:-- Omsk Omsk Oblast --:-- Samara Samara Oblast --:-- Rostov-on-Don Rostov --:-- Ufa Bashkortostan Republic --:-- Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Krai --:-- Voronezh Voronezh Oblast --:-- Volgograd Volgograd Oblast --:-- Perm Perm Krai --:-- Krasnodar Krasnodar Krai --:-- Saratov Saratov Oblast --:-- Tyumen Tyumen Oblast --:-- Tolyatti Samara Oblast --:-- Izhevsk Udmurtiya Republic --:-- Barnaul Altai Krai --:-- Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk --:-- Irkutsk Irkutsk Oblast --:-- Khabarovsk Khabarovsk --:--

Everywhere at UTC+3 All countries Convert Russia time

Questions people ask

What time is it in Russia right now?

It is 2:27 am (02:27) on Thursday, 13th August 2026 in Moscow. Russia spans 26 time zones, so the answer depends on where in the country you mean — the table on this page lists every zone with a live clock.

How many time zones does Russia have?

Russia has 26 time zones: Europe/Kaliningrad, Europe/Moscow, Europe/Kirov, Europe/Volgograd, Europe/Astrakhan, Europe/Saratov, Europe/Ulyanovsk, Europe/Samara, and more — the full list with live clocks is on this page.

Does Russia observe daylight saving time?

Clocks here do not change — this zone stays on the same offset all year. Note that this applies to the capital; a country this wide can have zones that differ.

What is the time in the biggest cities in Russia?

Right now: Moscow 2:27 am; Saint Petersburg 2:27 am; Novosibirsk 6:27 am; Yekaterinburg 4:27 am; Nizhniy Novgorod 2:27 am. Each of those has its own page with sunrise, sunset and daylight-saving dates.