Right now, local time in Moscow is 23:34 (GMT+3, UTC+03:00), and today is Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The live clock above updates every second.
Moscow ranks #21 worldwide by population — the largest city in Russia.
Time zone info
- Time zone
- Europe/Moscow GMT+3
- UTC offset
- UTC+03:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Solar time
- Clocks run about 14m behind the sun
- ISO week
- Week 44
Sunrise, sunset & moon today
- Sunrise
- 07:25
- Sunset
- 17:03
- Day length
- 9h 38m
- Solar noon
- 12:14
- Daylight range
- 7h 00m (winter) – 17h 33m (summer)
- Moon phase
- 🌖 Waning Gibbous · 97% illuminated
Full sunrise & sunset timetable for Moscow — golden hour, twilight and month view →
📍 Location & geography
🌍 Antipode — the opposite side of the Earth
Dig straight down from Moscow through the centre of the Earth and you surface on the far side of the planet, at the antipode.
- Antipode coordinates
- 55.75° S, 142.38° W
- Hemisphere
- Southern · Western
- What lies there
- Open ocean or remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Adamstown, Pitcairn, 3,555 km away
- Through the Earth
- ≈ 12,742 km in a straight line (≈ 20,015 km along the surface)
🕌 Prayer times in Moscow today MWL
- Fajr
- 05:20
- Sunrise
- 07:25
- Dhuhr
- 12:14
- Asr
- 14:29
- Maghrib
- 17:01
- Isha
- 18:59
- Qibla direction
- 176.4° from north (S (176°))
Full prayer timetable for Moscow — this month, 7-day forecast and Qibla →
Moscow sits in the Europe/Moscow time zone, UTC+03:00. This location keeps the same UTC offset all year round. Today brings 9h 38m of daylight, and nights are longer than days. As the largest city in Russia, its local time is a common point of coordination.
Moscow's nearest major hub of the ones tracked below is Moscow, 1 km away; even Sydney lies some 14,496 km off. Its position on the globe is 55.75° N, 37.62° E, and the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth is described in the antipode section below.
Time difference with major cities
| Los Angeles | 13:34 | −10h |
| Chicago | 15:34 | −8h |
| São Paulo | 17:34 | −6h |
| London | 20:34 | −3h |
| Paris | 21:34 | −2h |
| Moscow | 23:34 | same time |
| Dubai | 00:34 | +1h |
| Mumbai | 02:04 | +2h 30m |
| Singapore | 04:34 | +5h |
| Hong Kong | 04:34 | +5h |
| Tokyo | 05:34 | +6h |
| Sydney | 07:34 | +8h |
Best time to call Moscow
Standard business hours (9:00 – 17:00) in major hubs, expressed in Moscow local time:
Cities sharing Moscow's time zone
Other cities in Russia
- Saint Petersburg23:34
- Novosibirsk03:34
- Yekaterinburg01:34
- Nizhniy Novgorod23:34
- Kazan23:34
- Chelyabinsk01:34
- Omsk02:34
- Samara00:34
- Rostov-on-Don23:34
- Ufa01:34
- Krasnoyarsk03:34
- Voronezh23:34
Distances from Moscow
| Moscow | 1 km | N (9°) |
| Paris | 2,486 km | W (267°) |
| London | 2,501 km | W (275°) |
| Dubai | 3,681 km | SSE (150°) |
| Mumbai | 5,032 km | SE (130°) |
| Hong Kong | 7,140 km | E (88°) |
| Tokyo | 7,478 km | ENE (59°) |
| Chicago | 7,999 km | NW (320°) |
| Singapore | 8,421 km | ESE (109°) |
| Los Angeles | 9,770 km | NNW (340°) |
| São Paulo | 11,806 km | WSW (252°) |
| Sydney | 14,496 km | E (93°) |
Cities near Moscow
- Zamoskvorech’ye2 km · 23:34
- Taganskiy4 km · 23:34
- Presnenskiy4 km · 23:34
- Novyye Cherëmushki6 km · 23:34
- Dorogomilovo5 km · 23:34
- Leninskiye Gory7 km · 23:34
- Sokol’niki6 km · 23:34
- Luzhniki6 km · 23:34
FAQ
What time is it in Moscow right now?
The live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Moscow (Russia), updated every second. It is currently week 44.
What time zone is Moscow in?
Moscow runs on the Europe/Moscow IANA time zone (UTC+03:00), currently abbreviated GMT+3.
Does Moscow observe daylight saving time?
Moscow does not observe daylight saving time — its UTC offset stays the same all year.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Moscow today?
Moscow sees sunrise at 07:25 and sunset at 17:03 today, giving 9h 38m of daylight.
What moon phase is visible over Moscow tonight?
The moon phase over Moscow tonight is 🌖 Waning Gibbous with 96.7% illumination.
What is the antipode of Moscow?
The antipode of Moscow — the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth — lies at 55.75° S, 142.38° W. It falls in the ocean or a remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Adamstown, Pitcairn, roughly 3,555 km away. The straight-line distance through the Earth is about 12,742 km.
How high above sea level is Moscow?
Moscow lies at or very near sea level.
What is solar time in Moscow?
Solar time follows the Sun's actual position, with solar noon when the Sun is highest in the sky. In Moscow, clocks run about 14 minutes behind local solar time, because the official time zone does not exactly match the Sun's position.