Europe/Moscow is an IANA time zone used in Russia. It stays on UTC+3 all year.
Europe/Moscow at a glance
How Europe/Moscow keeps time
No clock changes are scheduled in Europe/Moscow. The last one for daylight saving time was in 2010; since then the offset has been UTC+3 all year.
Recent and upcoming changes in Europe/Moscow
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, March 28, 2010 | Clocks go forward 1 hour: 2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM | UTC+4 |
| Sunday, October 31, 2010 | Clocks go back 1 hour: 3:00 AM becomes 2:00 AM | UTC+3 |
| Sunday, March 27, 2011 | Standard offset changes from UTC+3 to UTC+4 | UTC+4 |
| Sunday, October 26, 2014 | Clocks go back 1 hour for good: 2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM | UTC+3 |
The base offset of this zone changed in 2014, from UTC+4 to UTC+3. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.
Countries and cities on Europe/Moscow
Europe/Moscow is used in Russia. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.
- Moscow
- St Petersburg
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Kazan’
- Rostov-on-Don
- Voronezh
- Krasnodar
- Yaroslavl
- Makhachkala
- Ryazan
- Penza
- Naberezhnye Chelny
Europe/Moscow compared with other time zones
Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.
| City | Time now | Difference now | In January | In July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (United States) | --:-- | 8 h behind | 8 h behind | 7 h behind |
| Los Angeles (United States) | --:-- | 11 h behind | 11 h behind | 10 h behind |
| London (United Kingdom) | --:-- | 3 h behind | 3 h behind | 2 h behind |
| Paris (France) | --:-- | 2 h behind | 2 h behind | 1 h behind |
| Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | --:-- | 1 h ahead | 1 h ahead | 1 h ahead |
| Mumbai (India) | --:-- | 2 h 30 min ahead | 2 h 30 min ahead | 2 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | --:-- | 5 h ahead | 5 h ahead | 5 h ahead |
| Tokyo (Japan) | --:-- | 6 h ahead | 6 h ahead | 6 h ahead |
| Sydney (Australia) | --:-- | 8 h ahead | 8 h ahead | 7 h ahead |
| UTC | --:-- | 3 h behind | 3 h behind | 3 h behind |
Other zones on UTC+3 right now
These IANA zones show the same time as Europe/Moscow today. Their clock-change rules may differ.
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Africa/Asmara
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Africa/Djibouti
- Africa/Kampala
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Africa/Nairobi
- Asia/Aden
- Asia/Amman
- Asia/Baghdad
- Asia/Bahrain
- Asia/Damascus
Using Europe/Moscow in software
Use the zone name Europe/Moscow rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.
Show the current time in Europe/Moscow:
// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Europe/Moscow', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Europe/Moscow'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Europe/Moscow')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Europe/Moscow datePlan around the time in Europe/Moscow
- Convert a time to or from Europe/Moscow: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
- Add Moscow to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
- Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Europe/Moscow and the other cities you work with.
- Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.
Frequently asked questions
What is the UTC offset of Europe/Moscow?
UTC+3, all year.
What abbreviation does Europe/Moscow use?
MSK. Abbreviations are not unique, so use the zone name Europe/Moscow in software.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.