Current time in Ankara, Turkey
Türkiye Standard Time
UTC+03:00- Time zone
- Türkiye Standard Time · Europe/Istanbul
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Abbreviation
- TRT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+3 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Turkey (capital) · 39.92° N, 32.85° E
- Population
- 3,517,182
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Ankara at about 12:49 standard time: the clock runs about 49 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:32 and 13:03 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:52 | 19:00 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:20 | 20:20 | 15h 01m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:36 | 18:44 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 08:06 | 17:26 | 9h 20m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:42–18:34 (11 h 52 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Sevastopol, Ukraine · 520 km
- Aleppo, Syria · 560 km
- Damascus, Syria · 780 km
- Amman, Jordan · 930 km
- Rostov-on-Don, Russia · 980 km
- Mosul, Iraq · 980 km