Time in Turkey now
3:04PMUTC+3
UTC+3+8 h vs New York (you)Europe/Istanbul
No clock changes: Turkey stays on UTC+3 all year.
Time zone in Turkey
Turkey uses a single time zone: UTC+3 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Ankara lies at 32.9° east, where mean solar time is UTC+2:11 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 49 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:49 PM.
Daylight saving time in Turkey
No. Turkey does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 2016, after 39 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of Turkey
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+1:56 in Istanbul), which ended on January 1, 1880, when IMT (UTC+1:57) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 39 of the 55 years, most recently in 2016. The first summer time in the record dates from 1916. The table summarises the clocks of Turkey year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Istanbul.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1972 | UTC+2 all year | EET |
| 1973–1977 | UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer | EET, EEST |
| 1978 | UTC+2 until April 2, then UTC+3 | EET, EEST |
| 1979–1982 | UTC+3 all year | — |
| 1983 | mostly UTC+3; also UTC+4 for part of the year | — |
| 1984 | UTC+3 until November 1, then UTC+2 | EET |
| 1985–2015 | UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer | EET, EEST |
| 2016 | UTC+2 until March 27, then UTC+3 | EET, EEST |
| 2017 onward | UTC+3 all year | — |
Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Sunday, April 2, 1978, from UTC+2 to UTC+3; Thursday, November 1, 1984, from UTC+3 to UTC+2; Sunday, March 27, 2016, from UTC+2 to UTC+3.
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Turkey time
Time difference between Turkey and major cities
| City | Local time now | Turkey vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +7 h | none / 1 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +11 h | +11 h | +10 h | none / none |
| London | 12:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| Berlin | 1:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h | +2 h | +1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
| Dubai | 4:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| New Delhi | 5:34 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −2 h 30 min | −2 h 30 min | −2 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min / 5 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| Beijing | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| Tokyo | 9:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h | −6 h | −6 h | 2 h / 2 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Turkey’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Turkey overlaps New York’s for 0 min in January (2:00 AM–2:00 AM Turkey time), 1 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Turkey it is 1:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Turkey overlaps London’s for 5 h in January (12:00 PM–5:00 PM Turkey time), 6 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Turkey it is 6:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Turkey overlaps New Delhi’s for 5 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–2:30 PM Turkey time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Turkey it is 11:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Ankara and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicosia Cyprus | 530 km | 2:04 PM EET | −1 h |
| Ra’s Bayrūt Lebanon | 710 km | 2:04 PM EET | −1 h |
| Skopje North Macedonia | 990 km | 1:04 PM CET | −2 h |
| Yerevan Armenia | 990 km | 4:04 PM UTC+4 | +1 h |
| Alexandria Egypt | 1,010 km | 2:04 PM EET | −1 h |
| Tabriz Iran | 1,180 km | 3:34 PM UTC+3:30 | +0 h 30 min |
Same clock as Turkey
These places keep exactly the same time as Turkey all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Nairobi, Asia/Amman, Asia/Baghdad, Asia/Damascus, Asia/Qatar and 6 more).
- IstanbulTR
- MoscowRU
- BaghdadIQ
- Dar es SalaamTZ
- Saint PetersburgRU
- JeddahSA
- NairobiKE
- RiyadhSA
- Addis AbabaET
- AnkaraTR
- BursaTR
- İzmirTR
Cities in Turkey
Turkey at a glance
- CapitalAnkara
- Population85,878,556
- Time zone IDEurope/Istanbul
- Standard timeUTC+3
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+90