MinskBelarus
Current time in Minsk, Belarus
Friday, 25 September 2026
Moscow Standard TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMinsk time at a glance
- Country
- Belarus
- Location
- Capital city of Belarus
- Time zone
Europe/Minsk- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Minsk time guide
Does Minsk change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC+03:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- Europe/Minsk
- Minsk and London
- 3 hours ahead of GMT; 2 hours ahead of BST
- Minsk and New York
- 8 hours ahead of EST; 7 hours ahead of EDT
City with regional status
Minsk city and Minsk Region are separate units
Belarusian official statistics report Minsk city separately from Minsk Region. The similarly named regional total includes settlements outside the capital and should not be used as the city population without its administrative label.
Time-zone identity for Minsk
- IANA zone
Europe/Minsk- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Minsk is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Minsk
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Minsk
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Minsk, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Minsk, capital of Belarus
Minsk is the capital of Belarus. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Belarus
- Administrative area
- Minsk City, Belarus
- Population
- 1,742,124
- Coordinates
- 53.9002° N, 27.5665° E. The elevation is 222 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Minsk
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Minsk. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KalodzishchyMinsk, Belarus15 km east
Europe/MinskSame local time - FanipolMinsk, Belarus23 km southwest
Europe/MinskSame local time - ZaslawyeMinsk, Belarus23 km northwest
Europe/MinskSame local time - SmaliavičyMinsk, Belarus37 km east
Europe/MinskSame local time - DzyarzhynskMinsk, Belarus37 km southwest
Europe/MinskSame local time - LogoyskMinsk, Belarus39 km northeast
Europe/MinskSame local time
Sources for Minsk time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Population and demography statisticsNational Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus · Official statistical catalogue accessed 2026-09-07 · AccessedOfficial city-versus-region demographic reporting context for Minsk.