MoscowRussia
Current time in Moscow, Russia
Friday, 25 September 2026
Moscow Standard TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMoscow time at a glance
- Country
- Russia
- Location
- Capital city of Russia
- Time zone
Europe/Moscow- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Moscow time guide
Does Moscow change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- Moscow Standard Time (MSK), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Europe/Moscow
- Moscow and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Moscow and New York
- 8 hours ahead during EST; 7 hours ahead during EDT
Federal city and metropolitan region
Moscow city excludes Moscow Oblast
Rosstat's 2021 census recorded about 12.66 million permanent residents in the federal city of Moscow. The wider metropolitan region extends into Moscow Oblast, so metro estimates should not be labeled as the federal-city population.
Time-zone identity for Moscow
- IANA zone
Europe/Moscow- 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.
Moscow is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Moscow
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 Moscow
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Moscow, 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 Moscow, capital of Russia
Moscow is the capital of Russia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Russia
- Administrative area
- Russia
- Population
- 10,381,222
- Coordinates
- 55.7520° N, 37.6178° E. The elevation is 155 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Moscow
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Moscow. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Zamoskvorech’yeMoscow, Russia2.3 km southeast
Europe/MoscowSame local time - TaganskiyMoscow, Russia3.7 km southeast
Europe/MoscowSame local time - PresnenskiyMoscow, Russia3.8 km west
Europe/MoscowSame local time - DorogomilovoMoscow, Russia4.6 km west
Europe/MoscowSame local time - LefortovoMoscow, Russia5.4 km east
Europe/MoscowSame local time - LuzhnikiMoscow, Russia5.7 km southwest
Europe/MoscowSame local time
Sources for Moscow 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.
- All-Russian Population Census 2020 resultsFederal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) · 2021 census reference date · AccessedOfficial census results and permanent-population tables.