Time Zones in Russia
Russia spans one time zone (UTC+3) among the 2 cities tracked on Live Time Map. None of them observe daylight saving time, so their offsets stay the same all year. See the live local time for each city below, or use the interactive map to compare any of them against your own location.
Russia facts
- Currency
- Russian ruble (RUB)
- Languages
- Russian
- Calling code
- +7
- Time zones on this site
- 1
Clock time and solar time in Russia
A country's clocks are a political choice, not an astronomical one, so they rarely line up with its own sun. Measured against local solar time, the clock in Saint Petersburg runs 59 minutes ahead of the sun, while in Moscow it runs 30 minutes ahead of the sun.
That is a spread of 29 minutes between the two ends of Russia's tracked cities, all of it the result of longitude rather than of the clock. The wider that gap, the more one shared office schedule means genuinely different amounts of morning light depending on where you are.
How much daylight changes through the year
Daylight is governed by latitude, not by the clock. Saint Petersburg, at 59.9° north, gets 18 hours 50 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year and 5 hours 53 minutes on the shortest.
Moscow, at 55.8° north, gets 17 hours 34 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year and 7 hours on the shortest. So the annual swing between longest and shortest day is 12 hours 57 minutes in Saint Petersburg against 10 hours 33 minutes in Moscow, within the same country.
Cities in Russia
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Frequently asked questions
How many time zones does Russia have?
Russia uses a single time zone among the cities tracked here: UTC+3.
Does Russia observe daylight saving time?
No, none of the cities tracked here observe daylight saving time.
Do clocks in Russia match the sun?
Clocks and the sun are not the same thing. In Saint Petersburg the clock runs 59 minutes ahead of local solar time, so midday on the clock is not the moment the sun is highest.
How much does daylight change through the year in Russia?
In Saint Petersburg, the longest day of the year has 18 hours 50 minutes of daylight and the shortest has 5 hours 53 minutes.