Turkey
Time now in Istanbul
Sunrise 06:19Sunset 07:55Time zone UTC +3
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
UTC offset
UTC +3
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
15,701,602
Sunrise
06:19
Sunset
07:55
Day length
13h 36m
Coordinates
41.01, 28.95
Time difference from Istanbul
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Istanbul right now.
Istanbul on the map
About the time in Istanbul
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Istanbul day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 06:00–14:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Sunrise today lands at 06:19 and sunset at 07:55 local time, giving 13h 36m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (41.01, 28.95) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Istanbul.
Istanbul runs on Europe/Istanbul, which puts the city UTC +3 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Istanbul
- What time is it in Istanbul right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Istanbul, updating every second from Europe/Istanbul (UTC +3).
- Which time zone is Istanbul in?
- Istanbul uses Europe/Istanbul, currently UTC +3.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Istanbul?
- Istanbul is UTC +3 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Istanbul change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Istanbul keeps UTC +3 throughout the year.
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