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Time in Russia now

03:57:58PM

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

International Pancake Day / Chinese New Year / Independence Day (Kosovo)

Russia has 11 time zones. The time zone for the capital Moscow is used here.
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Time zone info for Russia

UTC +3

Moscow Standard Time (MSK)
now 8 hours ahead of New York

The time in Russia is 8 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 7 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Russia does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Russia is Europe/Moscow.

Time difference
from Russia

Los Angeles	−11 hours	−11 hours
Chicago	−9 hours	−9 hours
New York	−8 hours	−8 hours
Toronto	−8 hours	−8 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
London	−3 hours	−3 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
Paris	−2 hours	−2 hours
Zurich	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Russia on the map

Continent: Europe and Asia
Area: 17,100,000 km²
Capital: Moscow
Currency: Ruble (RUB)
Calling code: +7
Internet top level domain: .ru, .su, .рф
Latitude: 60.00. Longitude: 100.00
Population: 144,478,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Russia 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.