| 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 |
Rostov-on-Don, 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 Rostov-on-Don 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 Rostov-on-Don lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Rostov-on-Don 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 Rostov-on-Don lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Rostov-on-Don 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 Rostov-on-Don 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 Rostov-on-Don.
Rostov-on-Don (Russia) is home to roughly 1.1M people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 18:03. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 47° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Russia
Capital
Moscow
Continent
Europe & Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
Coordinates
47.24°N, 39.71°E
Currency
RUB (₽)
Calling Code
+7
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Russian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Rostov sits on the Don about 40 km from the Sea of Azov and has been Russia's southern trade gateway since the 18th century. Its Nakhichevan district was founded in 1779 by Armenians resettled from Crimea.
The clock: Rostov keeps UTC+3 year-round, on Moscow time; Russia stopped changing its clocks in 2011 and settled on permanent standard time in 2014.
Rostov-on-Don lies at 39.7°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 5.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 21 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:21 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 56m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 8h 29m. The swing between them is 7h 28m. 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 Rostov-on-Don the sun comes up earliest on 17 June at 04:24, while the latest sunset waits until 27 June at 20:21. 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 Rostov-on-Don that civil twilight runs about 30 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 40 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 Rostov-on-Don, Russia is Europe/Moscow with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Rostov-on-Don has an estimated population of 1.1M and is located at coordinates 47.24°N, 39.71°E.
Rostov-on-Don gets 15h 56m of daylight on its longest day and 8h 29m on its shortest, averaging 12h 15m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Rostov-on-Don falls at about 12:21 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 5.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Gateway to the Caucasus: Rostov sits on the Don about 40 km from the Sea of Azov and has been Russia's southern trade gateway since the 18th century. Its Nakhichevan district was founded in 1779 by Armenians resettled from Crimea.