Moscow — Europe/Moscow
The current local time in the Europe/Moscow IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Russia. The zone is currently at UTC +03:00 · GMT+3 and does not observe daylight saving time.
Europe/Moscow
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+3
Zone information
Countries using Europe/Moscow
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
| 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.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Moscow
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Europe/Moscow on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Europe/Istanbul Kirov Europe/Kirov Minsk Europe/Minsk Simferopol Europe/Simferopol Volgograd Europe/Volgograd Addis Ababa Africa/Addis_Ababa Asmera Africa/Asmera Dar es Salaam Africa/Dar_es_Salaam Djibouti Africa/Djibouti Kampala Africa/Kampala Mogadishu Africa/Mogadishu Nairobi Africa/Nairobi Syowa Antarctica/Syowa Aden Asia/Aden Amman Asia/Amman Baghdad Asia/Baghdad Bahrain Asia/Bahrain Damascus Asia/Damascus More references for Europe/Moscow
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