Moldova · EEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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 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.
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Working Hours
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