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What time is it in Türkiye?

12:46:46PM

Friday, November 13, 2026 in Istanbul. Türkiye keeps one time zone nationwide, UTC+3:00.
UTC offset
UTC+3:00
Daylight saving
Not observed
Time zones
One nationwide
Versus New York
8 hours ahead

Türkiye does not change its clocks

Türkiye stays on UTC+3:00 all year. Its offset from UTC never moves, so its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead — which is usually why someone checks. Right now it is 3 hours ahead of UTC, and 8 hours ahead of New York.

Working with Türkiye from the US

Istanbul is 8 hours ahead of New York and 11 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 5:00 pm in Istanbul.

To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.

The sun in Istanbul today

Sunrise
7:49 am
Sunset
5:47 pm
Day length
9 hours 58 minutes
Solar noon
12:48 pm

The day is 9 hours 58 minutes long in Istanbul, and losing 2 minutes a day. The sun peaks at 12:48 pm, 48 minutes after noon on the clock. A UTC offset is a promise that the sun is overhead at midday on one meridian, and Istanbul sits 64 minutes of solar time west of UTC+3:00’s. The rest is the equation of time, which swings about a quarter of an hour either way across the year.

The solar year swings 5 hours 55 minutes in Istanbul: 15 hours 8 minutes of daylight at the June solstice against 9 hours 13 minutes at the December one. Being north of the equator, its longest day falls in June — the opposite way round from the other hemisphere.

Türkiye has kept UTC+3:00 since Sunday, March 27, 2016, when it moved from UTC+2:00. Before that its clocks read 1 hour behind what they read now.

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