Right now, local time in Yekaterinburg is 17:09 (GMT+5, UTC+05:00), and today is Saturday, October 31, 2026. The live clock above updates every second.
Yekaterinburg ranks #331 worldwide by population and #4 in Russia.
Time zone info
- Time zone
- Asia/Yekaterinburg GMT+5
- UTC offset
- UTC+05:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Solar time
- Clocks run about 42m behind the sun
- ISO week
- Week 44
Sunrise, sunset & moon today
- Sunrise
- 08:05
- Sunset
- 17:19
- Day length
- 9h 14m
- Solar noon
- 12:42
- Daylight range
- 6h 45m (winter) – 17h 51m (summer)
- Moon phase
- 🌖 Waning Gibbous · 71% illuminated
Full sunrise & sunset timetable for Yekaterinburg — golden hour, twilight and month view →
📍 Location & geography
- Coordinates
- 56.8573° N, 60.6153° E
- Hemisphere
- Northern · Eastern
- Elevation
- At or near sea level
- Region
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Population
- 1,495,066 · #331 worldwide
🌍 Antipode — the opposite side of the Earth
Dig straight down from Yekaterinburg through the centre of the Earth and you surface on the far side of the planet, at the antipode.
- Antipode coordinates
- 56.86° S, 119.38° W
- Hemisphere
- Southern · Western
- What lies there
- Open ocean or remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Hanga Roa, Chile, 3,396 km away
- Through the Earth
- ≈ 12,742 km in a straight line (≈ 20,015 km along the surface)
🕌 Prayer times in Yekaterinburg today MWL
- Fajr
- 05:55
- Sunrise
- 08:05
- Dhuhr
- 12:42
- Asr
- 14:46
- Maghrib
- 17:17
- Isha
- 19:19
- Qibla direction
- 212.0° from north (SSW (212°))
Full prayer timetable for Yekaterinburg — this month, 7-day forecast and Qibla →
Yekaterinburg sits in the Asia/Yekaterinburg time zone, UTC+05:00. This location keeps the same UTC offset all year round. Today brings 9h 14m of daylight, and nights are longer than days. It is one of the 4932 cities we cover in Russia.
Yekaterinburg's nearest major hub of the ones tracked below is Moscow, 1,417 km away; even São Paulo lies some 13,220 km off. Its position on the globe is 56.86° N, 60.62° 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 | 05:09 | −12h |
| Chicago | 07:09 | −10h |
| São Paulo | 09:09 | −8h |
| London | 12:09 | −5h |
| Paris | 13:09 | −4h |
| Moscow | 15:09 | −2h |
| Dubai | 16:09 | −1h |
| Mumbai | 17:39 | +0h 30m |
| Singapore | 20:09 | +3h |
| Hong Kong | 20:09 | +3h |
| Tokyo | 21:09 | +4h |
| Sydney | 23:09 | +6h |
Best time to call Yekaterinburg
Standard business hours (9:00 – 17:00) in major hubs, expressed in Yekaterinburg local time:
Cities sharing Yekaterinburg's time zone
- ChelyabinskRU
- UfaRU
- PermRU
- TyumenRU
- OrenburgRU
- MagnitogorskRU
- Nizhny TagilRU
- KurganRU
Other cities in Russia
- Moscow15:09
- Saint Petersburg15:09
- Novosibirsk19:09
- Nizhniy Novgorod15:09
- Kazan15:09
- Chelyabinsk17:09
- Omsk18:09
- Samara16:09
- Rostov-on-Don15:09
- Ufa17:09
- Krasnoyarsk19:09
- Voronezh15:09
Distances from Yekaterinburg
| Moscow | 1,417 km | W (275°) |
| Dubai | 3,539 km | S (189°) |
| London | 3,864 km | WNW (288°) |
| Paris | 3,885 km | WNW (282°) |
| Mumbai | 4,328 km | SSE (161°) |
| Hong Kong | 5,760 km | ESE (109°) |
| Tokyo | 6,123 km | ENE (77°) |
| Singapore | 7,259 km | SE (131°) |
| Chicago | 8,641 km | NNW (336°) |
| Los Angeles | 9,906 km | N (359°) |
| Sydney | 13,135 km | ESE (110°) |
| São Paulo | 13,220 km | W (271°) |
Cities near Yekaterinburg
- Sovkhoznyy11 km · 17:09
- Verkhnyaya Pyshma13 km · 17:09
- Shirokaya Rechka10 km · 17:09
- Shuvakish11 km · 17:09
- Istok12 km · 17:09
- Beryozovsky13 km · 17:09
- Gornyy Shchit20 km · 17:09
- Sredneuralsk17 km · 17:09
FAQ
What time is it in Yekaterinburg right now?
The live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Yekaterinburg (Russia), updated every second. It is currently week 44.
What time zone is Yekaterinburg in?
Yekaterinburg runs on the Asia/Yekaterinburg IANA time zone (UTC+05:00), currently abbreviated GMT+5.
Does Yekaterinburg observe daylight saving time?
Yekaterinburg does not observe daylight saving time — its UTC offset stays the same all year.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Yekaterinburg today?
Yekaterinburg sees sunrise at 08:05 and sunset at 17:19 today, giving 9h 14m of daylight.
What moon phase is visible over Yekaterinburg tonight?
The moon phase over Yekaterinburg tonight is 🌖 Waning Gibbous with 70.9% illumination.
What is the antipode of Yekaterinburg?
The antipode of Yekaterinburg — the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth — lies at 56.86° S, 119.38° W. It falls in the ocean or a remote wilderness — the nearest city we track is Hanga Roa, Chile, roughly 3,396 km away. The straight-line distance through the Earth is about 12,742 km.
How high above sea level is Yekaterinburg?
Yekaterinburg lies at or very near sea level.
What is solar time in Yekaterinburg?
Solar time follows the Sun's actual position, with solar noon when the Sun is highest in the sky. In Yekaterinburg, clocks run about 42 minutes behind local solar time, because the official time zone does not exactly match the Sun's position.