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A world clock on a live 3D globe, turned to Istanbul.
Turkey ยท GMT+3
Istanbul runs on GMT+3. Add 3 hours to Coordinated Universal Time to get the current time in Istanbul.
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24h schedule
Sunrise
06:59
Sunset
18:39
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Istanbul is located in Turkey and uses the Europe/Istanbul timezone, currently GMT+3 from UTC. Istanbul does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 06:59 and sunset at 18:39 local time. The coordinates of Istanbul are 41.01ยฐN, 28.98ยฐE.
Today Istanbul gets 11 hours 40 minutes of daylight. Solar noon โ when the sun is highest โ falls at 12:49, about 49 minutes after clock noon.
Right now Istanbul shares its GMT+3 offset with Moscow, Minsk, Baghdad, Riyadh, Jeddah, Doha. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.
Offices in Istanbul work Monday to Friday, typically 09:00โ18:00 local time. Lunch is usually 12:30โ13:30, and a meeting proposed inside it will be moved. The city's economy runs on textiles, construction, banking and logistics, which is who you are most likely to be calling. Meetings begin with tea and conversation, and getting straight to the agenda reads as abrupt.
The dates that most often break a cross-border schedule are Ramadan Feast (end of Ramadan, three days), Sacrifice Feast (four days, roughly 70 days later), Republic Day (29 October) and Victory Day (30 August). Expect slow replies during the Sacrifice Feast week.
| From | Gap | Call at (Istanbul time) |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ฒ๐ฉ Chiศinฤu | โ1h | 10:00โ17:00 |
| ๐ง๐พ Minsk | same time | 09:00โ17:00 |
| ๐บ๐ฆ Kyiv | โ1h | 10:00โ17:00 |
| ๐ท๐ด Bucharest | โ1h | 10:00โ17:00 |
| ๐ฌ๐ง London | โ3h | 12:00โ17:00 |
| ๐บ๐ธ New York | โ7h | 16:00โ17:00 |
| ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore | +5h | 09:00โ12:00 |
| ๐ฆ๐ช Dubai | +1h | 09:00โ16:00 |
Office hours taken as 09:00โ17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.
Istanbul is in the Europe/Istanbul timezone, currently GMT+3.
No. Istanbul does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT+3.
Istanbul is currently GMT+3 from UTC (GMT+3).
Right now Istanbul is 3 hours ahead of London and 7 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.
09:00 in Istanbul is 06:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+3 from UTC.
Today the sun rises in Istanbul at 06:59 and sets at 18:39 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.
Times on this page were calculated on .
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