Time in Saint Petersburg now

6:07PMMSK

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

MSKUTC+3+8 h vs New York (you)Europe/Moscow

No clock changes: Saint Petersburg stays on MSK (UTC+3) all year.

Clock rules in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg keeps MSK (UTC+3) all year. Russia has 11 different clock settings; Saint Petersburg is in the zone tzdata calls Europe/Moscow, described as “MSK+00 - Moscow area”.

There is no daylight saving time; the last summer time here was in 2010.

Local mean solar time at 30.31° E is UTC+2:01, so the clock runs 59 min ahead of the sun: it is highest at about 12:59 PM. That is 29 min later than in Moscow, on the same clock.

Saint Petersburg has kept the same clocks as Moscow since at least 1970; the zone’s rules, coming changes and history are on the Europe/Moscow page.

Time difference from Saint Petersburg

Place	Why listed	Local time now	Their clock vs Saint Petersburg	January	July
Moscow	Capital · 630 km	6:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	+0 h	0 h	0 h
Novosibirsk	Elsewhere in Russia · 3,110 km	10:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	+4 h	+4 h	+4 h
Yekaterinburg	Elsewhere in Russia · 1,780 km	8:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	+2 h	+2 h	+2 h
Omsk	Elsewhere in Russia · 2,580 km	9:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	+3 h	+3 h	+3 h
Helsinki	Nearest capitals abroad · 300 km	5:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	−1 h	−1 h	0 h
Tallinn	Nearest capitals abroad · 320 km	5:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	−1 h	−1 h	0 h
Riga	Nearest capitals abroad · 490 km	5:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	−1 h	−1 h	0 h
New York City	World cities	10:07 AM Tue, Nov 3	−8 h	−8 h	−7 h
Los Angeles	World cities	7:07 AM Tue, Nov 3	−11 h	−11 h	−10 h
London	World cities	3:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	−3 h	−3 h	−2 h
Berlin	World cities	4:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	−2 h	−2 h	−1 h
Dubai	World cities	7:07 PM Tue, Nov 3	+1 h	+1 h	+1 h

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Places near Saint Petersburg

Place	Distance	Clock vs Saint Petersburg
Admiralteisky	2 km south-west	same clock
Centralniy	3 km east	same clock
Petrogradka	3 km north	same clock
Vasyl'evsky Ostrov	3 km west	same clock
Kalininskiy	8 km north-east	same clock
Akademicheskoe	9 km north-east	same clock
Krasnogvargeisky	10 km north-east	same clock
Kolpino	26 km south-east	same clock
Helsinki FI	300 km west	1 h behind in January, same time in July
Stockholm SE	691 km west	2 h behind in January, 1 h behind in July
Samara	1,418 km south-east	1 h ahead

Saint Petersburg at a glance

CountryRussia
Population5,351,935
Coordinates59.94° N, 30.31° E
Elevation11 m
Time zone IDEurope/Moscow
Standard timeMSK (UTC+3)
Daylight saving timenone
Calling code+7

Questions

What time zone is Saint Petersburg in?

Saint Petersburg keeps MSK (UTC+3) all year. Russia has 11 different clock settings; Saint Petersburg is in the zone tzdata calls Europe/Moscow, described as “MSK+00 - Moscow area”. Its IANA time zone ID is Europe/Moscow.

Does Saint Petersburg change its clocks?

No. Saint Petersburg does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 2010, after 29 years with summer time since 1970.

What is the time difference between Saint Petersburg and New York?

Saint Petersburg is 8 hours ahead of New York in January and 7 hours ahead of New York in July, because New York changes its clocks and Saint Petersburg does not.