Current time in Istanbul, 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 · 41.01° N, 28.95° E
- Population
- 15,701,602
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Istanbul at about 13:04 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 4 min ahead of the sun, a sign that the time zone is set far from local solar time. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:48 and 13:18 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:07 | 19:16 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:32 | 20:39 | 15h 08m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:52 | 19:00 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 08:25 | 17:38 | 9h 13m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:58–18:49 (11 h 51 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 · 550 km
- Aleppo, Syria · 890 km
- Damascus, Syria · 1,060 km
- Rostov-on-Don, Russia · 1,100 km
- Amman, Jordan · 1,180 km
- Mosul, Iraq · 1,330 km