Right now, local time in Samara is 00:32 (GMT+4, UTC+04:00), and today is Wednesday, October 28, 2026. The live clock above updates every second.
Samara ranks #478 worldwide by population and #9 in Russia.
Time zone info
- Time zone
- Europe/Samara GMT+4
- UTC offset
- UTC+04:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Solar time
- Clocks run about 24m behind the sun
- ISO week
- Week 44
Sunrise, sunset & moon today
- Sunrise
- 07:28
- Sunset
- 17:20
- Day length
- 9h 52m
- Solar noon
- 12:24
- Daylight range
- 7h 31m (winter) – 16h 58m (summer)
- Moon phase
- 🌖 Waning Gibbous · 97% illuminated
Full sunrise & sunset timetable for Samara — golden hour, twilight and month view →
📍 Location & geography
- Coordinates
- 53.2077° N, 50.1355° E
- Hemisphere
- Northern · Eastern
- Elevation
- At or near sea level
- Region
- Samara Oblast
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Population
- 1,163,399 · #478 worldwide
🌍 Antipode — the opposite side of the Earth
Dig straight down from Samara through the centre of the Earth and you surface on the far side of the planet, at the antipode.
- Antipode coordinates
- 53.21° S, 129.86° W
- Hemisphere
- Southern · Western
- What lies there
- Open ocean or remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Adamstown, Pitcairn, 3,129 km away
- Through the Earth
- ≈ 12,742 km in a straight line (≈ 20,015 km along the surface)
🕌 Prayer times in Samara today MWL
- Fajr
- 05:33
- Sunrise
- 07:30
- Dhuhr
- 12:24
- Asr
- 14:46
- Maghrib
- 17:16
- Isha
- 19:06
- Qibla direction
- 197.9° from north (SSW (198°))
Full prayer timetable for Samara — this month, 7-day forecast and Qibla →
Samara sits in the Europe/Samara time zone, UTC+04:00. This location keeps the same UTC offset all year round. Today brings 9h 52m of daylight, and nights are longer than days. It is one of the 4932 cities we cover in Russia.
Samara's nearest major hub of the ones tracked below is Moscow, 855 km away; even Sydney lies some 13,656 km off. Its position on the globe is 53.21° N, 50.14° 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 | 13:32 | −11h |
| Chicago | 15:32 | −9h |
| São Paulo | 17:32 | −7h |
| London | 20:32 | −4h |
| Paris | 21:32 | −3h |
| Moscow | 23:32 | −1h |
| Dubai | 00:32 | same time |
| Mumbai | 02:02 | +1h 30m |
| Singapore | 04:32 | +4h |
| Hong Kong | 04:32 | +4h |
| Tokyo | 05:32 | +5h |
| Sydney | 07:32 | +7h |
Best time to call Samara
Standard business hours (9:00 – 17:00) in major hubs, expressed in Samara local time:
Cities sharing Samara's time zone
Other cities in Russia
- Moscow23:32
- Saint Petersburg23:32
- Novosibirsk03:32
- Yekaterinburg01:32
- Nizhniy Novgorod23:32
- Kazan23:32
- Chelyabinsk01:32
- Omsk02:32
- Rostov-on-Don23:32
- Ufa01:32
- Krasnoyarsk03:32
- Voronezh23:32
Distances from Samara
| Moscow | 855 km | WNW (294°) |
| Dubai | 3,137 km | S (170°) |
| Paris | 3,313 km | WNW (281°) |
| London | 3,348 km | WNW (287°) |
| Mumbai | 4,274 km | SE (144°) |
| Hong Kong | 6,322 km | E (97°) |
| Tokyo | 6,883 km | ENE (67°) |
| Singapore | 7,569 km | ESE (120°) |
| Chicago | 8,696 km | NNW (329°) |
| Los Angeles | 10,248 km | N (350°) |
| São Paulo | 12,523 km | W (260°) |
| Sydney | 13,656 km | ESE (104°) |
Cities near Samara
- Rozhdestveno6 km · 00:32
- Volzhskiy25 km · 00:32
- Novokuybyshevsk18 km · 00:32
- Petra-Dubrava18 km · 00:32
- Petrova Dubrava18 km · 00:32
- Smyshlyayevka17 km · 00:32
- Novosemeykino23 km · 00:32
- Dubovyy Umyot28 km · 00:32
FAQ
What time is it in Samara right now?
The live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Samara (Russia), updated every second. It is currently week 44.
What time zone is Samara in?
Samara runs on the Europe/Samara IANA time zone (UTC+04:00), currently abbreviated GMT+4.
Does Samara observe daylight saving time?
Samara does not observe daylight saving time — its UTC offset stays the same all year.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Samara today?
Samara sees sunrise at 07:28 and sunset at 17:20 today, giving 9h 52m of daylight.
What moon phase is visible over Samara tonight?
The moon phase over Samara tonight is 🌖 Waning Gibbous with 96.7% illumination.
What is the antipode of Samara?
The antipode of Samara — the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth — lies at 53.21° S, 129.86° W. It falls in the ocean or a remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Adamstown, Pitcairn, roughly 3,129 km away. The straight-line distance through the Earth is about 12,742 km.
How high above sea level is Samara?
Samara lies at or very near sea level.
What is solar time in Samara?
Solar time follows the Sun's actual position, with solar noon when the Sun is highest in the sky. In Samara, clocks run about 24 minutes behind local solar time, because the official time zone does not exactly match the Sun's position.