What timezone is Moscow in?

Moscow uses the IANA timezone Europe/Moscow. The UTC offset is always UTC+3 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.

Does Moscow observe daylight saving time?

No. Moscow does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+3 all year round.

What is the time difference between Moscow and New York?

Moscow is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.

What is the time difference between Moscow and London?

Moscow is currently 2 hours ahead of London.

Moscow, Russia · UTC+3

22:13:57

Thursday, April 2, 2026

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Moscow runs on UTC+3 year-round. In 2014, President Putin signed a decree ending daylight saving time across Russia, moving clocks permanently to their summer positions. Moscow had been UTC+4 in summer. The permanent fix at UTC+3 meant permanently darker winter mornings in exchange for permanently lighter winter evenings.

The decision was not universally popular. Surveys showed many Russians preferred the lighter mornings. But the change stuck, and Moscow Time has been stable at UTC+3 since October 2014.

Moscow Time as administrative heartbeat

Moscow Time is one of the world’s most politically significant timezones. Russian state television broadcasts on Moscow Time. Russian Railways publishes timetables in Moscow Time regardless of local time at origin or destination. A ticket from Vladivostok to Moscow shows the departure in local Vladivostok time but the arrival in Moscow Time, a convention that has confused travelers for decades.

Russia spans eleven timezones, but Moscow Time is the administrative heartbeat. Government schedules, financial markets, and broadcast media all run on Moscow Time.

9am in Moscow is 6am in London during European winter. The three-hour gap is stable year-round now that Moscow no longer observes DST.

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Questions about time in Moscow

What timezone is Moscow in?: Moscow uses the IANA timezone Europe/Moscow. The UTC offset is always UTC+3 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Moscow observe daylight saving time?: No. Moscow does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+3 all year round.
What is the current UTC offset for Moscow?: Moscow is currently at UTC+3.
What is the time difference between Moscow and New York?: Moscow is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.
What is the time difference between Moscow and London?: Moscow is currently 2 hours ahead of London.
What is the time difference between Moscow and Los Angeles?: Moscow is currently 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Moscow and Tokyo?: Moscow is currently 6 hours behind Tokyo.
What is the IANA timezone name for Moscow?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Moscow is Europe/Moscow. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Moscow' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Europe/Moscow')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

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