What timezone is Yakutsk in?

Yakutsk uses the IANA timezone Asia/Chita. The UTC offset is always UTC+9 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.

Does Yakutsk observe daylight saving time?

No. Yakutsk does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+9 all year round.

What is the time difference between Yakutsk and New York?

Yakutsk is currently 13 hours ahead of New York.

What is the time difference between Yakutsk and London?

Yakutsk is currently 8 hours ahead of London.

Yakutsk, Russia · UTC+9

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

W14 ↑ 05:42 ↓ 19:09 No DST

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Yakutsk is in the Asia/Chita timezone (+09/UTC+9), with no daylight saving time observed. Yakutsk is the world’s coldest city by average annual temperature. Winter temperatures regularly reach -50°C or below. The city is built on permafrost, meaning the ground beneath is permanently frozen, and buildings must be constructed on stilts or deep pilings to prevent the heat of habitation from thawing the ground and destabilizing structures. The permafrost is the city’s geological identity.

Russia places Yakutsk in the Yakutsk Time zone, UTC+9, applied year-round since Russia eliminated DST in 2014. The timezone is Asia/Chita in the IANA database, covering this region of Siberia.

At 62 degrees north in continental Siberia, Yakutsk experiences daylight extremes. Summer brings continuous or near-continuous daylight: in June, the sun is above the horizon for about 20 hours. Winter brings extreme darkness: in December, the sun barely rises, clearing the horizon for perhaps 4-5 hours. The combination of extreme cold and extreme darkness in winter creates conditions that have produced a distinctive local culture, one that finds the darkness livable and the cold navigable.

permafrost city and Sakha seasonal culture

The Yakut (Sakha) people maintain traditional reindeer herding, horse breeding (the Yakutian horse, extraordinarily cold-adapted), and a cultural calendar oriented around the seasons that the clock describes in reduced form.

9am in Yakutsk is midnight in London. Vladivostok to the south is one hour further ahead.

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Questions about time in Yakutsk

What timezone is Yakutsk in?: Yakutsk uses the IANA timezone Asia/Chita. The UTC offset is always UTC+9 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Yakutsk observe daylight saving time?: No. Yakutsk does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+9 all year round.
What is the current UTC offset for Yakutsk?: Yakutsk is currently at UTC+9.
What is the time difference between Yakutsk and New York?: Yakutsk is currently 13 hours ahead of New York.
What is the time difference between Yakutsk and London?: Yakutsk is currently 8 hours ahead of London.
What is the time difference between Yakutsk and Los Angeles?: Yakutsk is currently 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the IANA timezone name for Yakutsk?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Yakutsk is Asia/Chita. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Chita' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Chita')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

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