Continent: Europe Capital City: Moscow Time in Moscow (Pop. 12,500,000) Time in Saint Petersburg (Pop. 5,351,935) Time in Novosibirsk (Pop. 1,612,833) Time in Yekaterinburg (Pop. 1,495,066) Time in Nizhniy Novgorod (Pop. 1,259,013) ISO Alpha 2/3: RU, RUS Uses Daylight Savings Time: No ❌ IANA Time Zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00) Time Zones: EET , MSK Qibla Direction from Russia From Moscow, the Kaaba in Mecca bears 176deg (S), about 3,823 km away. Check the Qibla direction in Russia on a live compass. Time Zone Overview for Russia Russia spans 11 time zones. Clocks in Moscow run about 30m ahead of local solar time. The working week runs Monday to Friday, with the weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Daylight Saving Time in Russia Russia does not observe daylight saving time. Clocks stay on MSK ( UTC+3 ) all year round. View daylight saving time changes for Russia → Time Difference Between Moscow and Major Cities Live local time and the difference from Moscow right now. Best Time to Call Russia How standard business hours (9:00 to 17:00) in major hubs line up with the clock in Moscow: New York : 9:00-17:00 there is 16:00 to 00:00 in Moscow. London : 9:00-17:00 there is 11:00 to 19:00 in Moscow. Tokyo : 9:00-17:00 there is 03:00 to 11:00 in Moscow. Daylight Hours in Moscow In the capital, Moscow, the sun is up for 13h 27m today. Sunrise in Moscow is at 05:43 and sunset in Moscow is at 19:10. Daylight ranges from about 6h 59m near the December solstice to 17h 33m near the June solstice. See moonrise and moonset times and the current moon phase for Moscow and major cities across Russia. View moonrise & moonset times for Russia → Federal Subjects in Russia Time in All Cities in Russia by alphabetical order Time.now features the exact time for 1,133 cities in Russia. Select a letter to view all cities: Time Now in Major Cities in Russia Time now in Moscow Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Saint Petersburg Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Novosibirsk Mon 00:23:31 Time now in Yekaterinburg Sun 22:23:31 Time now in Nizhniy Novgorod Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Kazan Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Chelyabinsk Sun 22:23:31 Time now in Omsk Sun 23:23:31 Time now in Samara Sun 21:23:31 Time now in Rostov-na-Donu Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Ufa Sun 22:23:31 Time now in Krasnoyarsk Mon 00:23:31 Time now in Voronezh Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Volgograd Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Perm Sun 22:23:31 Time now in Krasnodar Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Saratov Sun 21:23:31 Time now in Tyumen Sun 22:23:31 Time now in Tolyatti Sun 21:23:31 Time now in Izhevsk Sun 21:23:31 Time now in Barnaul Mon 00:23:31 Time now in Ulyanovsk Sun 21:23:31 Time now in Irkutsk Mon 01:23:31 Time now in Khabarovsk Mon 03:23:31 Time now in Yaroslavl Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Vladivostok Mon 03:23:31 Time now in Makhachkala Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Khabarovsk Vtoroy Mon 03:23:31 Time now in Tomsk Mon 00:23:31 Time now in Orenburg Sun 22:23:31 Time now in Kemerovo Mon 00:23:31 Time now in Novokuznetsk Mon 00:23:31 Time now in Ryazan’ Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Astrakhan Sun 21:23:31 Time now in Penza Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Naberezhnyye Chelny Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Lipetsk Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Kirov Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Kalininskiy Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Cheboksary Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Tula Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Kaliningrad Sun 19:23:31 Time now in Kursk Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Stavropol’ Sun 20:23:31

Time now in Bryansk Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Tver Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Magnitogorsk Sun 22:23:31 Time now in Ivanovo Sun 20:23:31 Time now in Nizhny Tagil Sun 22:23:31 Time now in Ulan-Ude Mon 01:23:31 Time Now in All IANA Timezones for Russia Asia/Anadyr Mon 05:23:31 Asia/Barnaul Mon 00:23:31 Asia/Chita Mon 02:23:31 Asia/Irkutsk Mon 01:23:31 Asia/Kamchatka Mon 05:23:31 Asia/Khandyga Mon 02:23:31 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Mon 00:23:31 Asia/Magadan Mon 04:23:31 Asia/Novokuznetsk Mon 00:23:31 Asia/Novosibirsk Mon 00:23:31 Asia/Omsk Sun 23:23:31 Asia/Sakhalin Mon 04:23:31 Asia/Srednekolymsk Mon 04:23:31 Asia/Tomsk Mon 00:23:31 Asia/Ust-Nera Mon 03:23:31 Asia/Vladivostok Mon 03:23:31 Asia/Yakutsk Mon 02:23:31 Asia/Yekaterinburg Sun 22:23:31 Europe/Astrakhan Sun 21:23:31 Europe/Kaliningrad Sun 19:23:31 Europe/Kirov Sun 20:23:31 Europe/Moscow Sun 20:23:31 Europe/Samara Sun 21:23:31 Europe/Saratov Sun 21:23:31 Europe/Simferopol Sun 20:23:31 Europe/Ulyanovsk Sun 21:23:31 Europe/Volgograd Sun 20:23:31 W-SU Sun 20:23:31 Frequently Asked Questions about Russia The current local time in Russia is 20:23:31 MSK on Sunday, 6 September 2026 . The country uses the Europe/Moscow time zone. Russia spans 28 time zones: Asia/Anadyr , Asia/Barnaul , Asia/Chita , Asia/Irkutsk , Asia/Kamchatka , Asia/Khandyga , Asia/Krasnoyarsk , Asia/Magadan and 20 more. The capital of Russia is Moscow , where the current local time is 20:23:31 . Today in Moscow , the capital of Russia : sunrise is at 05:43 and sunset is at 19:10 local time. No — Russia does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Local clocks stay on the same offset year-round. The next public holiday in Russia is Unity Day on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 — in 59 days . time.now currently lists 50 cities across Russia (out of 1133 total in our database). Russia shares a border with: Azerbaijan , Belarus , China , Estonia , Finland , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Latvia and 6 others. Time Zone Converters used in Russia Convert time between the time zones of Russia and other locations worldwide. Sunrise and Sunset in Russia Moscow ↑ 5:43 AM ↓ 7:10 PM Saint Petersburg ↑ 6:05 AM ↓ 7:47 PM Novosibirsk ↑ 6:45 AM ↓ 8:06 PM Yekaterinburg ↑ 6:10 AM ↓ 7:40 PM Nizhniy Novgorod ↑ 5:17 AM ↓ 6:46 PM Kazan ↑ 4:57 AM ↓ 6:24 PM Chelyabinsk ↑ 6:09 AM ↓ 7:34 PM Omsk ↑ 6:21 AM ↓ 7:46 PM Samara ↑ 5:57 AM ↓ 7:16 PM Rostov-na-Donu ↑ 5:46 AM ↓ 6:51 PM Ufa ↑ 6:32 AM ↓ 7:55 PM Krasnoyarsk ↑ 6:04 AM ↓ 7:27 PM Voronezh ↑ 5:43 AM ↓ 6:58 PM Volgograd ↑ 5:25 AM ↓ 6:33 PM Perm ↑ 6:25 AM ↓ 8:00 PM Krasnodar ↑ 5:51 AM ↓ 6:52 PM Saratov ↑ 6:16 AM ↓ 7:31 PM Tyumen ↑ 5:49 AM ↓ 7:21 PM Tolyatti ↑ 6:00 AM ↓ 7:20 PM Izhevsk ↑ 5:39 AM ↓ 7:10 PM Current Weather in Russia Information about Russia Upcoming Public Holidays in Russia This year, Russia observes 14 public holidays, with 14 scheduled for 2027. The next holiday is Unity Day on 4 Nov. The most recently passed holiday was Russia Day . Explore the full calendar of Public Holidays in Russia to plan your schedule. Unity Day 4 Nov • Wednesday New Year Holidays 1 Jan • Friday New Year Holidays 2 Jan • Saturday New Year Holidays 3 Jan • Sunday New Year Holidays 4 Jan • Monday New Year Holidays 5 Jan • Tuesday New Year Holidays 6 Jan • Wednesday Christmas Day 7 Jan • Thursday New Year Holidays 8 Jan • Friday Defender of the Fatherland Day 23 Feb • Tuesday