MSK Time Now — Moscow Standard Time
The current MSK time (Moscow Standard Time, UTC +03:00) is shown below.
MSK — UTC +03:00
Thursday, 22 October 2026 MSK
Where MSK is used
MSK has no standard English abbreviation in the Unicode CLDR data that browsers and phones use, so software usually labels these places "GMT+3". These 25 zones keep UTC +03:00 all year — the same clock as MSK:
| Zone | Country | January | July |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Africa/Asmera | Eritrea | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Africa/Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Africa/Djibouti | Djibouti | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Africa/Kampala | Uganda | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Africa/Mogadishu | Somalia | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Africa/Nairobi | Kenya | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Antarctica/Syowa | Antarctica | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Asia/Aden | Yemen | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Asia/Amman | Jordan | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Asia/Baghdad | Iraq | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Asia/Bahrain | Bahrain | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Asia/Damascus | Syria | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Asia/Kuwait | Kuwait | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Asia/Qatar | Qatar | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Asia/Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Europe/Istanbul | Türkiye | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Europe/Kirov | Russia | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Europe/Minsk | Belarus | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Europe/Moscow | Russia | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Europe/Simferopol | Ukraine | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Europe/Volgograd | Russia | GMT+3 +03:00 | GMT+3 +03:00 |
| Indian/Antananarivo | Madagascar | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Indian/Comoro | Comoros | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
| Indian/Mayotte | Mayotte | EAT +03:00 | EAT +03:00 |
About MSK
Offset & DST
UTC offset: +03:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Representative IANA zone: Europe/Moscow
IANA zones at MSK
Converting MSK to other time zones
MSK is fixed at UTC +03:00 — written +0300 in email headers and +03:00 in ISO 8601 timestamps. The table below uses each abbreviation's own fixed offset; for a specific place, check its city page, since local clocks switch between standard and daylight abbreviations.
| Zone | Difference | When it's 12:00 MSK | Converter |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC Coordinated Universal Time | −3 h | 09:00 | Hour by hour → |
| PST Pacific Standard Time | −11 h | 01:00 | Hour by hour → |
| MST Mountain Standard Time | −10 h | 02:00 | Hour by hour → |
| CST Central Standard Time | −9 h | 03:00 | Hour by hour → |
| EST Eastern Standard Time | −8 h | 04:00 | Hour by hour → |
| BRT Brasília Time | −6 h | 06:00 | Hour by hour → |
| BST British Summer Time | −2 h | 10:00 | Hour by hour → |
| CET Central European Time | −2 h | 10:00 | Hour by hour → |
| EET Eastern European Time | −1 h | 11:00 | Hour by hour → |
| GST Gulf Standard Time | +1 h | 13:00 | Hour by hour → |
| IST India Standard Time | +2:30 h | 14:30 | Hour by hour → |
| CST China Standard Time | +5 h | 17:00 | Hour by hour → |
| JST Japan Standard Time | +6 h | 18:00 | Hour by hour → |
| AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time | +7 h | 19:00 | Hour by hour → |
Countries commonly using MSK
MSK questions
- What is MSK in UTC?
- MSK (Moscow Standard Time) is UTC +03:00. In ISO 8601 timestamps it is written +03:00, in email and HTTP headers +0300.
- Which countries are on the same time as MSK?
- Places on the same clock as MSK all year are in Antarctica, Bahrain, Belarus, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mayotte, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tanzania, Türkiye and 3 more.
More tools for MSK
Look up the exact IANA zone behind MSK, see it on the offset map, or compare it against other cities.