Current time in Russia

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Sun today ↑ 07:12 ↓ 17:17 (10 hours 5 minutes)MSKUTC+3No daylight saving time

Time zones
11
Capital zone
MSK
UTC now
UTC+2 … +12
Next change
None
Calling code
+7
Population
144,478,050
Area
17,100,000 km²

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Russia time now

Time zones in Russia

Russia has 11 time zones, from UTC+2 to UTC+12. The capital, Moscow, is on Moscow Standard Time (MSK, UTC+3).

Time zoneTime nowNext changeMain cities
EETEastern European Standard TimeUTC+2No DSTKaliningrad, Chernyakhovsk7 cities
MSKMoscow Standard TimeUTC+3No DSTMoscow, St Petersburg595 cities
SAMTSamara Standard TimeUTC+4No DSTSamara, Saratov46 cities
YEKTYekaterinburg Standard TimeUTC+5No DSTYekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk165 cities
OMSTOmsk Standard TimeUTC+6No DSTOmsk, Tara4 cities
NOVTKrasnoyarsk Standard TimeUTC+7No DSTNovosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk88 cities
IRKTIrkutsk Standard TimeUTC+8No DSTIrkutsk, Ulan-Ude24 cities
YAKTYakutsk Standard TimeUTC+9No DSTChita, Yakutsk21 cities
VLATVladivostok Standard TimeUTC+10No DSTKhabarovsk, Vladivostok25 cities
SAKTMagadan Standard TimeUTC+11No DSTYuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Magadan7 cities
PETTKamchatka Standard TimeUTC+12No DSTPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Yelizovo4 cities

One row per time-zone behaviour (same offsets in January and July); IANA sub-zones are merged.

Time by state and region in Russia

83 states and regions, each with the time of its most populous city. * = the region spans more than one time zone.

State / regionTime zoneTime
Adygeya RepublicMSK
Altai KraiNOVT
Altai RepublicNOVT
Amur OblastYAKT
Arkhangelskaya oblastMSK
Astrakhan OblastSAMT
Bashkortostan RepublicYEKT
Belgorod OblastMSK
Bryansk OblastMSK
Buryatiya RepublicIRKT
ChechnyaMSK
Chelyabinsk OblastYEKT
ChukotkaPETT
Chuvash RepublicMSK
DagestanMSK
Ingushetiya RepublicMSK
Irkutsk OblastIRKT
Ivanovo OblastMSK
Jewish Autonomous OblastVLAT
Kabardino-Balkariya RepublicMSK
Kaliningrad OblastEET
Kalmykiya RepublicMSK
Kaluga OblastMSK
KamchatkaPETT
Karachayevo-Cherkesiya RepublicMSK
Kemerovo OblastNOVT
KhabarovskVLAT
Khakasiya RepublicNOVT
State / regionTime zoneTime
Khanty-MansiaYEKT
Kirov OblastMSK
KomiMSK
Kostroma OblastMSK
Krasnodar KraiMSK
Krasnoyarsk KraiNOVT
Kurgan OblastYEKT
Kursk OblastMSK
Leningradskaya Oblast'MSK
Lipetsk OblastMSK
Magadan OblastSAKT
Mariy-El RepublicMSK
Mordoviya RepublicMSK
MoscowMSK
Moscow OblastMSK
MurmanskMSK
NenetsMSK
Nizhny Novgorod OblastMSK
North Ossetia–AlaniaMSK
Novgorod OblastMSK
Novosibirsk OblastNOVT
Omsk OblastOMST
Orenburg OblastYEKT
Oryol oblastMSK
Penza OblastMSK
Perm KraiYEKT
Primorskiy (Maritime) KrayVLAT
Pskov OblastMSK
State / regionTime zoneTime
Republic of KareliaMSK
Republic of TyvaNOVT
Rostov OblastMSK
Ryazan OblastMSK
SakhaYAKT
Sakhalin OblastSAKT
Samara OblastSAMT
Saratov OblastSAMT
Smolensk OblastMSK
St.-PetersburgMSK
Stavropol KrayMSK
Sverdlovsk OblastYEKT
Tambov OblastMSK
Tatarstan RepublicMSK
Tomsk OblastNOVT
Tula OblastMSK
Tver OblastMSK
Tyumen OblastYEKT
Udmurtiya RepublicSAMT
Ulyanovsk OblastSAMT
Vladimir OblastMSK
Volgograd OblastMSK
Vologda OblastMSK
Voronezh OblastMSK
Yamalo-NenetsYEKT
Yaroslavl OblastMSK
Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) KrayYAKT

Major cities in Russia

The 12 most populous cities, with boroughs and urban districts merged into their city.

LocationTime zoneTime
MoscowMSK
St PetersburgMSK
NovosibirskNOVT
YekaterinburgYEKT
Nizhny NovgorodMSK
Kazan’MSK
ChelyabinskYEKT
OmskOMST
SamaraSAMT
Rostov-on-DonMSK
UfaYEKT
KrasnoyarskNOVT

Russia at a glance

Capital
Moscow
Area
17,100,000 km²
Population
144,478,050
Continent
Europe
Currency
Russian Ruble (RUB)
Calling code
+7
Internet domain
.ru
Spoken languages
Russian, Tatar, xal, cau, ady
Neighbouring countries
Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Ukraine
Postal code format
####### = digit

Frequently asked questions

How many time zones does Russia have?

Russia has 11 time zones: EET (UTC+2), MSK (UTC+3), SAMT (UTC+4), YEKT (UTC+5), OMST (UTC+6), NOVT (UTC+7), IRKT (UTC+8), YAKT (UTC+9), VLAT (UTC+10), SAKT (UTC+11), and PETT (UTC+12).

Which time zone is Moscow in?

Moscow, the capital of Russia, is on Moscow Standard Time (MSK), currently UTC+3.

Does Russia observe daylight saving time?

No. None of the 11 time zones of Russia change clocks; each keeps the same offset all year.

Which states and regions use Moscow Standard Time?

47 states and regions are on Moscow Standard Time (MSK, UTC+3), judged by their largest city: Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Moscow Oblast, Krasnodar Krai, Rostov Oblast, Tatarstan Republic, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, and 39 more.

Which states and regions use Yekaterinburg Standard Time?

9 states and regions are on Yekaterinburg Standard Time (YEKT, UTC+5), judged by their largest city: Sverdlovsk Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Bashkortostan Republic, Perm Krai, Orenburg Oblast, Khanty-Mansia, Tyumen Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, and 1 more.

What is the calling code and currency of Russia?

The international calling code of Russia is +7 and its currency is the Russian Ruble (RUB). Its internet domain is .ru.