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Chișinău

UTC+3

Moldova · EEST

Summer
03:42:58Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:12↓ 21:0624:00
Sunrise
05:12
Sunset
21:06
Daylight
15.9hrs
Population
530K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Chișinău, Moldova runs on UTC+3. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 7-hour difference between Chișinău and New York. 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 Chișinău lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Chișinău and London. 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 Chișinău lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Chișinău and Tokyo. 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 Chișinău lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Chișinău.

Practical Info

Chișinău (Moldova) is home to roughly 530K people. Today brings about 15.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:12, sunset at 21:06. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 47° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

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Moldova

Moldova

Capital

Chișinău 👑

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

EEST · Europe/Chisinau

Coordinates

47.01°N, 28.86°E

Currency

MDL (L)

Calling Code

+373

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Romanian

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Largest Wine Cellar in the World

The Mileștii Mici cellars outside Chișinău run for roughly 200 kilometres of limestone tunnel, about 55 of them in active use, holding close to two million bottles. Guinness lists it as the largest wine collection anywhere. Visitors drive through it.

The clock: Chișinău keeps UTC+2. Moldova's vineyards cover a higher share of national territory than almost any other country's.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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