Time in Russia 🇷🇺
The current local time in Russia is anchored on Moscow (Europe/Moscow, UTC +03:00 · GMT+3).
Moscow local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+3
Russia at a glance
- Capital
- Moscow
- ISO codes
- RU · RUS
- Clocks in use today
- 4 time zones
- tz database zones
- 26
- Dialing code
- +7
- Currency
- Russian Ruble (RUB)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Russia
Russia spans 4 different clock times across the zones listed below. The IANA tz database lists 26 zone identifiers for Russia; most exist only because their local clocks differed at some point in the past.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Europe/Moscow · Moscow | UTC +03:00 | — | None |
Asia/Yekaterinburg · Yekaterinburg | UTC +05:00 | — | None |
Asia/Novosibirsk · Novosibirsk | UTC +07:00 | — | None |
Asia/Krasnoyarsk | UTC +07:00 | — | None |
Asia/Vladivostok · Vladivostok | UTC +10:00 | — | None |
Moscow vs. major cities
How far Moscow is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Moscow, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Moscow | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −10 h | 23:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Delhi · India | +2:30 h | 11:30 | 09:00–14:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Beijing · China | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Moscow time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Moscow
Since 1970, Moscow has gone through 7 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 28 of 57 years. Since 2014 it has stayed on UTC +03:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Moscow stays on UTC +03:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (7 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1980 | UTC +03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1981–1990 | UTC +03:00, DST UTC +04:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in September (since 1985) |
| 1991 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1992 | UTC +03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1993–2010 | UTC +03:00, DST UTC +04:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in October (since 1996) |
| 2011–2013 | UTC +04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 2014–2026 | UTC +03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Explore Russia
Go deeper on Russia: capital time, regions, sunrise times, weather, and public holidays.