| 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 |
Mosul, Iraq runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Mosul 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 Mosul lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Mosul 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 Mosul lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Mosul 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 Mosul 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 Mosul.
Mosul (Iraq) is home to roughly 1.7M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:01, sunset at 17:53. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Iraq
Capital
Baghdad
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
36.34°N, 43.13°E
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Calling Code
+964
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic, Kurdish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mosul University's library lost an estimated million books in 2014–15. It has since been partially restocked by international donations, and the al-Nuri mosque with its leaning minaret, blown up in 2017, was rebuilt and reopened in 2025.
The clock: Mosul keeps UTC+3. Nineveh, across the Tigris, was the largest city in the world around 700 BC.
Mosul lies at 43.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 1.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 7 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:07 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 38m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 41m. The swing between them is 4h 58m. 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 Mosul the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 04:49, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 19:29. 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 Mosul that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox.
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 Mosul, Iraq is Asia/Baghdad with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Mosul has an estimated population of 1.7M and is located at coordinates 36.34°N, 43.13°E.
Mosul gets 14h 38m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 41m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Mosul falls at about 12:07 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 1.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Library Rebuilt by Donation: Mosul University's library lost an estimated million books in 2014–15. It has since been partially restocked by international donations, and the al-Nuri mosque with its leaning minaret, blown up in 2017, was rebuilt and…