Time in Moscow
It is 05:26 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Moscow. Moscow is in Russia. Civil time uses the IANA zone Europe/Moscow at +03:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Moscow uses Europe/Moscow at UTC+03:00 year-round. Russia dropped seasonal clock changes in 2014, so the capital no longer springs forward or falls back.
Office hours commonly run about 09:00–18:00. Central Europe sits one or two hours behind depending on the season; US East Coast mornings land in the Moscow evening.
Europe/Moscow is UTC+03:00 without seasonal change. MSK in a flight app is this clock; do not apply EU DST to it.
Moscow time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+03:00
- Abbreviation
- MSK
- IANA
- Europe/Moscow
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Moscow
Moscow is currently on its standard offset. Moscow does not change its clocks. The offset stays +03:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Moscow today
The sun rises at 06:05 and sets at 18:42, giving 12 h 38 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:24, 24 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Moscow sits west of the 45° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:05
- Sunset
- 18:42
- Daylight
- 12 h 38 m
- Solar noon
- 12:24Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Moscow
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Moscow and the same hours in other major cities.
Popular time differences
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About Moscow
- Population
- 13,274,285The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Coordinates
- 55.7506° N, 37.6175° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Russian Ruble (RUB)
- Calling code
- +7Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Russian
- Airports
- SVOSheremetyevo InternationalDMEDomodedovo InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Moscow local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Moscow
- What time is it in Moscow right now?
- It is 05:26 in Moscow as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Moscow uses the IANA zone Europe/Moscow, currently +03:00.
- Which time zone is Moscow in?
- Moscow is in the MSK time zone (Europe/Moscow), currently +03:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Moscow observe daylight saving time?
- No. Moscow stays on +03:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Moscow ahead of or behind UTC?
- Moscow is currently at +03:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Moscow is 15:00.
Well-known places in Moscow
If you are checking the time in Moscow because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Red SquareRead more on Wikipedia
- KremlinRead more on Wikipedia
- St. Basil's CathedralRead more on Wikipedia