| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +1h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +6h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
Balıkesir, Turkey runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Balıkesir and New York is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Balıkesir lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Balıkesir and London is 2 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Balıkesir lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Balıkesir and Tokyo is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Balıkesir lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Istanbul, Nairobi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Balıkesir.
Balıkesir (Turkey) is home to roughly 1.3M people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:03, sunset at 18:53. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 40° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Turkey
Capital
Ankara
Continent
Europe & Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
39.65°N, 27.89°E
Currency
TRY (₺)
Calling Code
+90
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Turkish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ayvalık and Edremit in Balıkesir province produce a large share of Türkiye's olive oil, from groves that have been worked since antiquity. Türkiye is among the world's top five olive oil producers.
The clock: Balıkesir keeps UTC+3. The Kaz Dağları behind the coast were the Mount Ida of the Iliad, where the judgement of Paris was set.
Balıkesir lies at 27.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 17.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 68 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:08 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 59m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 22m. The swing between them is 5h 37m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Balıkesir the sun comes up earliest on 15 June at 05:40, while the latest sunset waits until 29 June at 20:40. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Balıkesir that civil twilight runs about 27 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 33 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Balıkesir, Turkey is Europe/Istanbul with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Balıkesir has an estimated population of 1.3M and is located at coordinates 39.65°N, 27.89°E.
Balıkesir gets 14h 59m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 22m on its shortest, averaging 12h 12m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Balıkesir falls at about 13:08 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 17.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Olive Groves and a Volcanic Coast: Ayvalık and Edremit in Balıkesir province produce a large share of Türkiye's olive oil, from groves that have been worked since antiquity. Türkiye is among the world's top five olive oil producers.