| 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 |
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Nizhny Novgorod 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 Nizhny Novgorod lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Nizhny Novgorod 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 Nizhny Novgorod lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Nizhny Novgorod 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 Nizhny Novgorod 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 Nizhny Novgorod.
Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 11.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:05, sunset at 17:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 56° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Russia
Capital
Moscow
Continent
Europe & Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
Coordinates
56.33°N, 44.00°E
Currency
RUB (₽)
Calling Code
+7
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Russian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Nizhny Novgorod fair was for much of the 19th century the largest in the Russian Empire, and prices set here determined markets across the country. Renamed Gorky from 1932 to 1990, the city was closed to foreigners from 1959 to 1991.
The clock: Nizhny Novgorod keeps UTC+3. Its Chkalov Staircase, built 1949, has 560 steps down to the Volga.
Nizhny Novgorod lies at 44.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:04, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 17h 43m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 6h 52m. The swing between them is 10h 50m. Close to the Arctic or Antarctic circle, the year swings hard between long light and long dark.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Nizhny Novgorod the sun comes up earliest on 19 June at 03:14, while the latest sunset waits until 25 June at 20:57. 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 Nizhny Novgorod that civil twilight runs about 37 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 64 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 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia is Europe/Moscow with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Nizhny Novgorod has an estimated population of 1.2M and is located at coordinates 56.33°N, 44.00°E.
Nizhny Novgorod gets 17h 43m of daylight on its longest day and 6h 52m on its shortest, averaging 12h 20m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Nizhny Novgorod falls at about 12:04 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 1.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Fair That Set Russia's Prices: The Nizhny Novgorod fair was for much of the 19th century the largest in the Russian Empire, and prices set here determined markets across the country.