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Time in Moscow

The current local time in Moscow, Russia — updating live, with the difference from your own clock.

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Moscow time explained

Moscow has stayed on a single time all year since 2014, when Russia abandoned the twice-yearly clock change for good. The decision followed several years of switching policy — the country moved to permanent summer time in 2011, found the dark winter mornings unpopular, and settled on permanent standard time instead.

Moscow does not observe daylight saving. Its offset from UTC is the same all year round, which makes scheduling with it noticeably simpler.

Reaching Moscow

Moscow overlaps the European working day throughout and reaches Delhi and Beijing in the morning, which makes it a workable bridge between Europe and Asia without unsociable hours at either end.

How this page works

The time above is calculated on your own device from the IANA time zone database that ships with your browser, using the zone Europe/Moscow. Nothing is fetched from a server, and the offset shown is whatever is currently in force rather than a number typed into the page — so when a country changes its rules, this page changes with it.

The difference from your own clock is worked out the same way, comparing Moscow's current offset against your device's. If your computer's clock is wrong, so is that comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Does Moscow change its clocks?

No. Russia abolished the seasonal change in 2014, so Moscow time is fixed all year round.

How many time zones does Russia have?

Eleven, the most of any country. Moscow time is the reference used for the national rail network across all of them.

Does Moscow change its clocks?

No. Moscow keeps one offset all year, so the difference to anywhere that does change its clocks will shift by an hour twice a year — from their end, not this one.