| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −7h | Becomes −8h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −6h | Becomes −7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −4h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −12h | Becomes −13h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −15h | Becomes −16h on 1 Nov |
Irkutsk, Russia runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Irkutsk and New York is 12 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Irkutsk and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Irkutsk lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Irkutsk and Tokyo is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Irkutsk lines up with 10:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Irkutsk.
Irkutsk (Russia) is home to roughly 620K people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:02, sunset at 18:43. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 52° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Russia
Capital
Moscow
Continent
Europe & Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Irkutsk
Coordinates
52.29°N, 104.28°E
Currency
RUB (₽)
Calling Code
+7
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Russian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Lake Baikal, near Irkutsk, reaches about 1,642 metres deep and holds roughly 23% of the world's unfrozen fresh surface water — more than all five North American Great Lakes combined. It is also about 25 million years old.
The clock: Irkutsk keeps UTC+8. Baikal freezes to over a metre thick each winter, solid enough to drive on.
Irkutsk lies at 104.3°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 15.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 63 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:03 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 16h 48m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 7h 42m. The swing between them is 9h 6m. 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 Irkutsk the sun comes up earliest on 18 June at 04:40, while the latest sunset waits until 26 June at 21:29. 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 Irkutsk that civil twilight runs about 34 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 50 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 Irkutsk, Russia is Asia/Irkutsk with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Irkutsk has an estimated population of 620K and is located at coordinates 52.29°N, 104.28°E.
Irkutsk gets 16h 48m of daylight on its longest day and 7h 42m on its shortest, averaging 12h 17m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Irkutsk falls at about 13:03 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 15.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Deepest Lake on Earth: Lake Baikal, near Irkutsk, reaches about 1,642 metres deep and holds roughly 23% of the world's unfrozen fresh surface water — more than all five North American Great Lakes combined.