ChisinauMoldova
Current time in Chisinau, Moldova
Friday, 25 September 2026
Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockChisinau time at a glance
- Country
- Moldova
- Location
- Capital city of Moldova
- Time zone
Europe/Chisinau- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- EEST
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 03:00 EET
Chisinau time guide
When does Chisinau change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Standard time
- Eastern European Time (EET), UTC+02:00
- Summer time
- Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Europe/Chisinau
- Chisinau and London
- Normally 2 hours ahead throughout the year
City and municipality
Chisinau municipality extends beyond the central city
Moldova's final 2024 census counted about 720,100 usual residents in Chisinau municipality. The municipality includes suburban settlements as well as the city, so its total is broader than the urban core.
Time-zone identity for Chisinau
- IANA zone
Europe/Chisinau- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- EEST
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Chisinau is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Chisinau
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Chisinau
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Chisinau, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
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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 Chisinau, capital of Moldova
Chisinau is the capital of Moldova. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Moldova
- Administrative area
- Chișinău Municipality, Moldova
- Population
- 635,994
- Coordinates
- 47.0090° N, 28.8594° E. The elevation is 24 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Chisinau
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Chisinau. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- CodruChișinău Municipality, Moldova4.7 km southwest
Europe/ChisinauSame local time - DurleştiChișinău Municipality, Moldova7.4 km west
Europe/ChisinauSame local time - StrășeniMoldova24 km northwest
Europe/ChisinauSame local time - HînceştiMoldova28 km southwest
Europe/ChisinauSame local time - DubăsariTransnistria, Moldova37 km northeast
Europe/ChisinauSame local time - OrheiMoldova42 km north
Europe/ChisinauSame local time
Sources for Chisinau 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.
- Final Results of the Population and Housing Census 2024National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova · 2024 census, final results · AccessedOfficial usually resident population for Chisinau municipality.