| 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 |
Rize, Turkey runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Rize 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 Rize lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Rize 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 Rize lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Rize 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 Rize 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 Rize.
Rize (Turkey) is home to roughly 350K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:13, sunset at 18:02. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 41° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Turkey
Capital
Ankara
Continent
Europe & Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
41.02°N, 40.52°E
Currency
TRY (₺)
Calling Code
+90
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Turkish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Rize province produces around 60% of Turkish tea — the country is among the world's largest tea consumers per person, at roughly 3 to 4 kg a year. Cultivation only began in the 1930s, after a failed attempt at citrus.
The clock: Rize keeps UTC+3 and is the wettest place in Türkiye, with over 2,200 mm of rain a year.
Rize lies at 40.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 4.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 18 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:18 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 15h 8m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 13m. The swing between them is 5h 55m. 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 Rize the sun comes up earliest on 15 June at 04:45, while the latest sunset waits until 29 June at 19:54. 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 Rize that civil twilight runs about 27 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 34 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 Rize, Turkey is Europe/Istanbul with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Rize has an estimated population of 350K and is located at coordinates 41.02°N, 40.52°E.
Rize gets 15h 8m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 13m on its shortest, averaging 12h 13m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Rize falls at about 12:18 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 4.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Most of Türkiye's Tea: Rize province produces around 60% of Turkish tea — the country is among the world's largest tea consumers per person, at roughly 3 to 4 kg a year. Cultivation only began in the 1930s, after a failed attempt at citrus.