Iran · IRST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Mashhad, Iran runs on UTC+3:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7.5-hour difference between Mashhad and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1.5 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:30–18:00 in Mashhad lines up with 09:00–10:30 in New York. There is a 2.5-hour difference between Mashhad and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6.5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:30–18:00 in Mashhad lines up with 09:00–15:30 in London. There is a 5.5-hour difference between Mashhad and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3.5 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:30 in Mashhad lines up with 14:30–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Mashhad.
Practical Info
Mashhad (Iran) is home to roughly 3.2M people. Today brings about 14.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:30, sunset at 18:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Iran
Capital
Tehran
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IRST · Asia/Tehran
Coordinates
36.30°N, 59.61°E
Currency
IRR (﷼)
Calling Code
+98
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Persian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The shrine of Imam Reza draws somewhere on the order of 20 million visitors annually, which makes Mashhad one of the most visited religious sites on Earth. The complex covers close to 600,000 square metres.
The clock: Mashhad is Iran's easternmost large city, so on a national UTC+3:30 its sunrises come nearly an hour before Tehran's.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8.5h overlap