Current time in Moscow
Friday, 17 July 2026
Moscow, Russia · Europe/Moscow · UTC+03:00
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, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Moscow
Conditions near Moscow and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Clear
- Feels like
- 9°C
- Humidity
- 66%
- Wind
- 16.2 km/h N
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny11°C to 21°C2% chance of precipitationWind up to 22.7 km/h
- Sunny13°C to 26°C2% chance of precipitationWind up to 7.2 km/h
- Sunny16°C to 27°C2% chance of precipitationWind up to 13 km/h
Forecast valid from 02:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:12:56.297Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:27:56.297Z.
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Moscow
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Europe/Moscow local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 04:09
- Sunset
- 21:02
- Solar noon
- 12:36
- Civil twilight
- 03:14–21:56
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:08
- Moonset
- 22:13
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 12%
Capital city context
About Moscow, capital of Russia
Moscow is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Russia. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of Russia
- Administrative area
- Russia
- Population
- 10,381,222
- Coordinates
- 55.7520° N, 37.6178° E. The elevation is 155 metres.
Country context
Russia at a glance
Country information for Russia. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Moscow is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- RU · RUS · 643
- Population
- 144,478,050
- Currency
- Russian Ruble (RUB)
- Calling code
- +7
- Languages
- Russian, Tatar, Kalmyk, and cau, and 19 more
- Time zones represented
- 23 time zones are used by cities in this directory: Asia/Anadyr, Asia/Barnaul, Asia/Chita, and Asia/Irkutsk, and 19 more.
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
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Europe/Moscow when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 524901 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:12:56.275Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:12:56.297Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:12:56.295Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.