Menu

UTC+3 time now

4:40PM

UTC+3

+8 h vs New York (you)EEST · MSK · EAT · IDT

About UTC+3

UTC+3 is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time: when it is noon UTC, it is 3:00 PM at UTC+3.

12 zones keep UTC+3 all year, covering 23 countries or territories.

16 zones reach it only in summer, from standard time UTC+2, for example Cairo, Kyiv and Beirut. So the set of places on UTC+3 changes twice a year.

For a fixed offset in software, tzdata provides Etc/GMT-3; note the inverted sign of these POSIX-style names.

Abbreviations for UTC+3: EEST (Eastern European Summer Time), MSK (Moscow Time), EAT (East Africa Time), IDT (Israel Daylight Time).

UTC+3 and the sun

Across the large cities that keep UTC+3 all year, the clock runs 30 minutes behind mean solar time in Naberezhnyye Chelny (52.4°) and 85 minutes ahead of it in Brest (23.7°). The offset’s own meridian is 45° east: the further a city lies from it, the further its clocks drift from the sun.

Neighbouring offsets: UTC+2 (Johannesburg and Lubumbashi) and UTC+3:30 (Tehran).

Zones that moved to or from UTC+3 since 1970

Changes of the winter (standard) offset recorded in tzdata; ordinary seasonal daylight saving changes are not counted:

Since when UTC+3 has been used

The tzdata record of each zone that keeps UTC+3 as its standard time, with the date it moved to UTC+3 and the time it kept before. The earliest is Baghdad, on UTC+3 since Tuesday, January 1, 1918; the most recent is Amman, since Friday, October 28, 2022.

ZoneOn UTC+3 sinceBefore
Baghdad Asia/BaghdadTuesday, January 1, 1918UTC+2:58 (BMT)
Dar es Salaam Africa/NairobiSaturday, August 1, 1942UTC+2:45
Jeddah Asia/RiyadhFriday, March 14, 1947local mean time (UTC+3:07)
Doha Asia/QatarThursday, June 1, 1972UTC+4
Minsk Europe/MinskSunday, March 27, 2011UTC+2 (EET)
Moscow Europe/MoscowSunday, October 26, 2014UTC+4 (MSK)
Sevastopol Europe/SimferopolSunday, October 26, 2014UTC+4 (MSK)
Kirov Europe/KirovSunday, October 26, 2014UTC+4 (MSK)
Istanbul Europe/IstanbulTuesday, September 6, 2016UTC+2 (EET)
Volgograd Europe/VolgogradSunday, December 27, 2020UTC+4
Aleppo Asia/DamascusThursday, October 27, 2022UTC+2 (EET)
Amman Asia/AmmanFriday, October 28, 2022UTC+2 (EET)

UTC+3 converted to other offsets

Fixed offsets only, so the table holds on any date; a city that observes daylight saving time is an hour later than its standard column in summer.

UTC+3UTC (UTC+0)EST (UTC−5)PST (UTC−8)CET (UTC+1)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)AEST (UTC+10)
12:00 AM9:00 PM (−1 day)4:00 PM (−1 day)1:00 PM (−1 day)10:00 PM (−1 day)2:30 AM6:00 AM7:00 AM
6:00 AM3:00 AM10:00 PM (−1 day)7:00 PM (−1 day)4:00 AM8:30 AM12:00 PM1:00 PM
9:00 AM6:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 PM (−1 day)7:00 AM11:30 AM3:00 PM4:00 PM
12:00 PM9:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 AM2:30 PM6:00 PM7:00 PM
3:00 PM12:00 PM7:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 PM5:30 PM9:00 PM10:00 PM
6:00 PM3:00 PM10:00 AM7:00 AM4:00 PM8:30 PM12:00 AM (+1 day)1:00 AM (+1 day)
9:00 PM6:00 PM1:00 PM10:00 AM7:00 PM11:30 PM3:00 AM (+1 day)4:00 AM (+1 day)

On UTC+3 all year

Main cityZoneCountriesNow
IstanbulEurope/IstanbulTurkey4:40 PM UTC+3
MoscowEurope/MoscowRussia4:40 PM UTC+3
BaghdadAsia/BaghdadIraq4:40 PM UTC+3
Dar es SalaamAfrica/NairobiKenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Comoros, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte4:40 PM UTC+3
JeddahAsia/RiyadhSaudi Arabia, Antarctica, Kuwait, Yemen4:40 PM UTC+3
AleppoAsia/DamascusSyria4:40 PM UTC+3
MinskEurope/MinskBelarus4:40 PM UTC+3
AmmanAsia/AmmanJordan4:40 PM UTC+3
VolgogradEurope/VolgogradRussia4:40 PM UTC+3
SevastopolEurope/SimferopolRussia, Ukraine4:40 PM UTC+3
KirovEurope/KirovRussia4:40 PM UTC+3
DohaAsia/QatarQatar, Bahrain4:40 PM UTC+3

On UTC+3 in summer only

Main cityZoneCountriesNow
CairoAfrica/CairoEgypt3:40 PM UTC+2
KyivEurope/KyivUkraine3:40 PM UTC+2
BeirutAsia/BeirutLebanon3:40 PM UTC+2
BucharestEurope/BucharestRomania3:40 PM UTC+2
SofiaEurope/SofiaBulgaria3:40 PM UTC+2
JerusalemAsia/JerusalemIsrael3:40 PM UTC+2
RigaEurope/RigaLatvia3:40 PM UTC+2
AthensEurope/AthensGreece3:40 PM UTC+2
HelsinkiEurope/HelsinkiFinland, Aland Islands3:40 PM UTC+2
ChisinauEurope/ChisinauMoldova3:40 PM UTC+2
VilniusEurope/VilniusLithuania3:40 PM UTC+2
East JerusalemAsia/HebronPalestinian Territory3:40 PM UTC+2
GazaAsia/GazaPalestinian Territory3:40 PM UTC+2
TallinnEurope/TallinnEstonia3:40 PM UTC+2
NicosiaAsia/NicosiaCyprus3:40 PM UTC+2
FamagustaAsia/FamagustaCyprus3:40 PM UTC+2

Questions

What time is it at UTC+3?
The clock at the top shows it, corrected for your device’s clock error. UTC+3 is 3 hours ahead of UTC.
Which countries use UTC+3?
All year: Turkey, Russia, Iraq, Kenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Comoros, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte, Saudi Arabia and Antarctica and 8 more. Others use it for part of the year (see the lists on this page).
Which abbreviations mean UTC+3?
EEST (Eastern European Summer Time), MSK (Moscow Time), EAT (East Africa Time) and IDT (Israel Daylight Time).
Is GMT+3 the same as UTC+3?
Yes. “GMT+3” and “UTC+3” mean the same offset; UTC is the modern name. Only the POSIX zone names Etc/GMT±h flip the sign.

Neighbouring offsets and related pages