Samara, Russia Β· UTC+4
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Samara has its own timezone: Europe/Samara, UTC+4, year-round. This sets it apart from Moscow (UTC+3) to the west. Russiaβs 2014 decision to abolish daylight saving created a permanent UTC+4 for the Samara region, which had been UTC+4 in summer before that. The result is that Samara is permanently on summer time relative to the old calendar, which means long summer evenings and late winter sunrises.
At 53 degrees north on the Volga, Samara has extreme Russian seasons. Summer is warm and long-eveninged. January is cold and dark. The Volgaβs embankment is one of Russiaβs longest riverfront promenades: in summer it fills with people walking, cycling, and watching the river traffic; in winter it is snowbound and mostly empty.
Russia kept this UTC+4 zone for the Samara region after the 2014 reform. The city of Samara had been on Samara Time (UTC+4) in summer and UTC+3 in winter. Keeping UTC+4 year-round gave them permanent late sunsets in summer (after 9pm in June) at the cost of very late winter sunrises (after 9:30am in December).
Stalinβs bunker and wartime capital
During World War II, Samara (then called Kuibyshev) served as the alternative capital of the Soviet Union, with government ministries relocated there after the German advance threatened Moscow. Stalinβs bunker, built beneath the city, is preserved as a museum.
9am in Samara is 5am in London in winter.
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Questions about time in Samara
- What timezone is Samara in?
- Samara uses the IANA timezone
Europe/Samara. The UTC offset is always UTC+4 β this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Samara observe daylight saving time?
- No. Samara does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+4 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Samara?
- Samara is currently at UTC+4.
- What is the time difference between Samara and New York?
- Samara is currently 8 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Samara and London?
- Samara is currently 3 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Samara and Los Angeles?
- Samara is currently 11 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Samara and Tokyo?
- Samara is currently 5 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Samara?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Samara is
Europe/Samara. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Samara' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Europe/Samara')`), or any IANA-compatible library.