§ 01TR · MENA
Istanbul
Türkiye
Istanbul sits at UTC+3 year-round; Türkiye abandoned DST in 2016. The city straddles two continents but a single time zone. Borsa Istanbul opens at 10:00. Friday lunch can be quiet during prayer hours. Workweek is Monday–Friday, with strong evening business culture.
Istanbul · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC12h 13m of light
Sunrise
03:50 UTC
Solar noon
09:56 UTC
Sunset
16:03 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into Europe/Istanbul.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 06:50
- Solar noon
- 12:56
- Sunset
- 19:03
- Day length
- 12h 13m
Conventional business hours
09:00—18:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveDaylight
+20°C
Drizzle
Feels like
17°
Wind
19 km/h N
Humidity
77%
Pressure
1,014 mb
UV index · 3Visibility · 14 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Türkiye Standard Time (GMT+3)
- UTC offset
- UTC+03:00
- IANA identifier
- Europe/Istanbul
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Istanbul does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+3 (UTC+03:00) all year.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London+2 h
New York+7 h
Tokyo−6 h
Dubai−1 h
Singapore−5 h
Sydney−7 h
Hours are Istanbul's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Istanbul in?
- Istanbul is in the Türkiye Standard Time zone (GMT+3), currently UTC+03:00.
- Does Istanbul observe daylight saving time?
- Istanbul does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+3 (UTC+03:00) all year.
- What is Istanbul's UTC offset right now?
- Istanbul is currently UTC+03:00 (GMT+3).
- What is the time difference between Istanbul and London?
- Istanbul is 2 hours ahead of London right now.
§ 07Other MENA stations
§ 08Explore