Latvia · EEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Riga, Latvia 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 Riga 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 Riga lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Riga 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 Riga lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Riga 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 Riga 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 Riga.
Practical Info
Riga (Latvia) is home to roughly 605K people. Today brings about 17.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:30, sunset at 22:18. 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 57° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Latvia
Capital
Riga 👑
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
EEST · Europe/Riga
Coordinates
56.95°N, 24.11°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+371
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Latvian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Riga holds roughly 800 Art Nouveau buildings, the densest concentration anywhere in the world — around a third of the buildings in the centre. Most went up in a fifteen-year boom before the First World War.
The clock: Riga keeps UTC+2. Its Central Market occupies five former Zeppelin hangars, which is the single most literal example of postwar Latvian resourcefulness.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.