Russia
Time now in Kiev
Sunrise 05:48Sunset 08:56Time zone UTC +5
Time zone
Asia/Yekaterinburg
UTC offset
UTC +5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1
Sunrise
05:48
Sunset
08:56
Day length
15h 08m
Coordinates
59.60, 55.21
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About the time in Kiev
Clocks in Kiev stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC +5 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Russia.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Kiev day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 04:00–12:00 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.
Kiev runs on Asia/Yekaterinburg, which puts the city UTC +5 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 Kiev
- What time is it in Kiev right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Kiev, updating every second from Asia/Yekaterinburg (UTC +5).
- When do the sun rise and set in Kiev today?
- Sunrise is at 05:48 and sunset at 08:56, giving 15h 08m of daylight.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Yekaterinburg, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Kiev in?
- Kiev uses Asia/Yekaterinburg, currently UTC +5.
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