RizeTurkey
Rize time at a glance
- Country
- Turkey
- Location
- City in Rize Province
- Time zone
Europe/Istanbul- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Rize
Conditions near Rize and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Light rain shower
- Feels like
- 23°C
- Humidity
- 83%
- Wind
- 8.3 km/h NW
- Recent precipitation
- 1.8 mm
3-day forecast
- Light rain shower19°C to 22°C88% chance of precipitationWind up to 11.5 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby19°C to 24°C71% chance of precipitationWind up to 11.9 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby19°C to 21°C75% chance of precipitationWind up to 7.6 km/h
Forecast valid from 13:45 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T10:50:32.659Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T11:05:32.659Z.
Time-zone identity for Rize
- IANA zone
Europe/Istanbul- 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.
Rize is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Rize
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 5 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Rize
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Istanbul, 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.
Location context
About Rize
Location details for Rize in Rize Province, Turkey.
- Administrative area
- Rize Province, Turkey
- Population
- 119,828
- Coordinates
- 41.0208° N, 40.5219° E. The elevation is 63 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Rize
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Rize. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- ÇayeliRize Province, Turkey18 km northeast
Europe/IstanbulSame local time - ArdeşenRize Province, Turkey43 km northeast
Europe/IstanbulSame local time - OfTrabzon, Turkey24 km west
Europe/IstanbulSame local time - SürmeneTrabzon, Turkey35 km west
Europe/IstanbulSame local time - AraklıTrabzon, Turkey40 km west
Europe/IstanbulSame local time - ArsinTrabzon, Turkey51 km west
Europe/IstanbulSame local time
Sources for Rize 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · 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.