Right now, local time in Saint Petersburg is 04:23 (GMT+3, UTC+03:00), and today is Monday, November 2, 2026. The live clock above updates every second.
Saint Petersburg ranks #66 worldwide by population and #2 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 43m behind the sun
- ISO week
- Week 45
Sunrise, sunset & moon today
- Sunrise
- 08:23
- Sunset
- 17:03
- Day length
- 8h 40m
- Solar noon
- 12:43
- Daylight range
- 5h 53m (winter) – 18h 51m (summer)
- Moon phase
- 🌗 Last Quarter · 55% illuminated
Full sunrise & sunset timetable for Saint Petersburg — golden hour, twilight and month view →
📍 Location & geography
- Coordinates
- 59.9386° N, 30.3141° E
- Hemisphere
- Northern · Eastern
- Elevation
- At or near sea level
- Region
- St.-Petersburg
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Population
- 5,351,935 · #66 worldwide
🌍 Antipode — the opposite side of the Earth
Dig straight down from Saint Petersburg through the centre of the Earth and you surface on the far side of the planet, at the antipode.
- Antipode coordinates
- 59.94° S, 149.69° W
- Hemisphere
- Southern · Western
- What lies there
- Open ocean or remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Waitangi, New Zealand, 2,527 km away
- Through the Earth
- ≈ 12,742 km in a straight line (≈ 20,015 km along the surface)
🕌 Prayer times in Saint Petersburg today MWL
- Fajr
- 06:00
- Sunrise
- 08:23
- Dhuhr
- 12:43
- Asr
- 14:31
- Maghrib
- 17:01
- Isha
- 19:16
- Qibla direction
- 165.9° from north (SSE (166°))
Full prayer timetable for Saint Petersburg — this month, 7-day forecast and Qibla →
Saint Petersburg sits in the Europe/Moscow time zone, UTC+03:00. This location keeps the same UTC offset all year round. Today brings 8h 40m of daylight, and nights are longer than days. It is one of the 4932 cities we cover in Russia.
Saint Petersburg's nearest major hub of the ones tracked below is Moscow, 634 km away; even Sydney lies some 14,911 km off. Its position on the globe is 59.94° N, 30.31° 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 | 17:23 | −11h |
| Chicago | 19:23 | −9h |
| São Paulo | 22:23 | −6h |
| London | 01:23 | −3h |
| Paris | 02:23 | −2h |
| Moscow | 04:23 | same time |
| Dubai | 05:23 | +1h |
| Mumbai | 06:53 | +2h 30m |
| Singapore | 09:23 | +5h |
| Hong Kong | 09:23 | +5h |
| Tokyo | 10:23 | +6h |
| Sydney | 12:23 | +8h |
Best time to call Saint Petersburg
Standard business hours (9:00 – 17:00) in major hubs, expressed in Saint Petersburg local time:
Cities sharing Saint Petersburg's time zone
Other cities in Russia
- Moscow04:23
- Novosibirsk08:23
- Yekaterinburg06:23
- Nizhniy Novgorod04:23
- Kazan04:23
- Chelyabinsk06:23
- Omsk07:23
- Samara05:23
- Rostov-on-Don04:23
- Ufa06:23
- Krasnoyarsk08:23
- Voronezh04:23
Distances from Saint Petersburg
| Moscow | 634 km | SE (134°) |
| London | 2,099 km | WSW (257°) |
| Paris | 2,164 km | WSW (248°) |
| Dubai | 4,308 km | SE (142°) |
| Mumbai | 5,657 km | SE (125°) |
| Chicago | 7,365 km | NW (314°) |
| Hong Kong | 7,536 km | E (84°) |
| Tokyo | 7,593 km | NE (56°) |
| Singapore | 8,967 km | ESE (104°) |
| Los Angeles | 9,174 km | NNW (334°) |
| São Paulo | 11,565 km | WSW (247°) |
| Sydney | 14,911 km | E (83°) |
Cities near Saint Petersburg
- Admiralteisky2 km · 04:23
- Petrogradka3 km · 04:23
- Centralniy3 km · 04:23
- Chernaya Rechka5 km · 04:23
- Sampsonievskiy5 km · 04:23
- Novaya Derevnya6 km · 04:23
- Finlyandskiy4 km · 04:23
- Vasyl'evsky Ostrov3 km · 04:23
FAQ
What time is it in Saint Petersburg right now?
The live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Saint Petersburg (Russia), updated every second. It is currently week 45.
What time zone is Saint Petersburg in?
Saint Petersburg runs on the Europe/Moscow IANA time zone (UTC+03:00), currently abbreviated GMT+3.
Does Saint Petersburg observe daylight saving time?
Saint Petersburg does not observe daylight saving time — its UTC offset stays the same all year.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Saint Petersburg today?
Saint Petersburg sees sunrise at 08:23 and sunset at 17:03 today, giving 8h 40m of daylight.
What moon phase is visible over Saint Petersburg tonight?
The moon phase over Saint Petersburg tonight is 🌗 Last Quarter with 55.0% illumination.
What is the antipode of Saint Petersburg?
The antipode of Saint Petersburg — the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth — lies at 59.94° S, 149.69° W. It falls in the ocean or a remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Waitangi, New Zealand, roughly 2,527 km away. The straight-line distance through the Earth is about 12,742 km.
How high above sea level is Saint Petersburg?
Saint Petersburg lies at or very near sea level.
What is solar time in Saint Petersburg?
Solar time follows the Sun's actual position, with solar noon when the Sun is highest in the sky. In Saint Petersburg, clocks run about 43 minutes behind local solar time, because the official time zone does not exactly match the Sun's position.