Right now, local time in Sortavala is 20:10 (GMT+3, UTC+03:00), and today is Monday, November 2, 2026. The live clock above updates every second.
Sortavala ranks #26643 worldwide by population and #855 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 41m behind the sun
- ISO week
- Week 45
Sunrise, sunset & moon today
- Sunrise
- 08:30
- Sunset
- 16:53
- Day length
- 8h 24m
- Solar noon
- 12:41
- Daylight range
- 5h 16m (winter) – 19h 36m (summer)
- Moon phase
- 🌗 Last Quarter · 48% illuminated
Full sunrise & sunset timetable for Sortavala — golden hour, twilight and month view →
📍 Location & geography
🌍 Antipode — the opposite side of the Earth
Dig straight down from Sortavala through the centre of the Earth and you surface on the far side of the planet, at the antipode.
- Antipode coordinates
- 61.71° S, 149.29° W
- Hemisphere
- Southern · Western
- What lies there
- Open ocean or remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Waitangi, New Zealand, 2,655 km away
- Through the Earth
- ≈ 12,742 km in a straight line (≈ 20,015 km along the surface)
🕌 Prayer times in Sortavala today MWL
- Fajr
- 05:58
- Sunrise
- 08:30
- Dhuhr
- 12:42
- Asr
- 14:21
- Maghrib
- 16:51
- Isha
- 19:14
- Qibla direction
- 166.9° from north (SSE (167°))
Full prayer timetable for Sortavala — this month, 7-day forecast and Qibla →
Sortavala sits in the Europe/Moscow time zone, UTC+03:00. This location keeps the same UTC offset all year round. Today brings 8h 24m of daylight, and nights are longer than days. It is one of the 4932 cities we cover in Russia.
Sortavala's nearest major hub of the ones tracked below is Moscow, 772 km away; even Sydney lies some 14,863 km off. Its position on the globe is 61.71° N, 30.71° 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 | 09:10 | −11h |
| Chicago | 11:10 | −9h |
| São Paulo | 14:10 | −6h |
| London | 17:10 | −3h |
| Paris | 18:10 | −2h |
| Moscow | 20:10 | same time |
| Dubai | 21:10 | +1h |
| Mumbai | 22:40 | +2h 30m |
| Singapore | 01:10 | +5h |
| Hong Kong | 01:10 | +5h |
| Tokyo | 02:10 | +6h |
| Sydney | 04:10 | +8h |
Best time to call Sortavala
Standard business hours (9:00 – 17:00) in major hubs, expressed in Sortavala local time:
Cities sharing Sortavala's time zone
Other cities in Russia
- Moscow20:10
- Saint Petersburg20:10
- Novosibirsk00:10
- Yekaterinburg22:10
- Nizhniy Novgorod20:10
- Kazan20:10
- Chelyabinsk22:10
- Omsk23:10
- Samara21:10
- Rostov-on-Don20:10
- Ufa22:10
- Krasnoyarsk00:10
Distances from Sortavala
| Moscow | 772 km | SE (146°) |
| London | 2,171 km | WSW (253°) |
| Paris | 2,264 km | WSW (244°) |
| Dubai | 4,453 km | SE (144°) |
| Mumbai | 5,754 km | SE (126°) |
| Chicago | 7,244 km | NW (314°) |
| Tokyo | 7,465 km | ENE (56°) |
| Hong Kong | 7,494 km | E (85°) |
| Singapore | 8,994 km | ESE (104°) |
| Los Angeles | 9,005 km | NNW (334°) |
| São Paulo | 11,661 km | WSW (248°) |
| Sydney | 14,863 km | E (81°) |
Cities near Sortavala
- Khelyulya3 km · 20:10
- Kharlu16 km · 20:10
- Ruskeala25 km · 20:10
- Yanis’yarvi24 km · 20:10
- Lyaskelya17 km · 20:10
- Vyartsilya52 km · 20:10
- Lakhdenpokh’ya35 km · 20:10
- Tohmajärvi55 km · 19:10
FAQ
What time is it in Sortavala right now?
The live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Sortavala (Russia), updated every second. It is currently week 45.
What time zone is Sortavala in?
Sortavala runs on the Europe/Moscow IANA time zone (UTC+03:00), currently abbreviated GMT+3.
Does Sortavala observe daylight saving time?
Sortavala does not observe daylight saving time — its UTC offset stays the same all year.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Sortavala today?
Sortavala sees sunrise at 08:30 and sunset at 16:53 today, giving 8h 24m of daylight.
What moon phase is visible over Sortavala tonight?
The moon phase over Sortavala tonight is 🌗 Last Quarter with 48.1% illumination.
What is the antipode of Sortavala?
The antipode of Sortavala — the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth — lies at 61.71° S, 149.29° W. It falls in the ocean or a remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Waitangi, New Zealand, roughly 2,655 km away. The straight-line distance through the Earth is about 12,742 km.
How high above sea level is Sortavala?
Sortavala lies at or very near sea level.
What is solar time in Sortavala?
Solar time follows the Sun's actual position, with solar noon when the Sun is highest in the sky. In Sortavala, clocks run about 41 minutes behind local solar time, because the official time zone does not exactly match the Sun's position.