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Current local time in Saint Petersburg

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03:00:00

1 October 2026ThursdayThursday, 1 October 2026

Calling Code +7

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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

Sun & moon in Saint Petersburg today

Sunrise

07:01

Sunset

18:35

Daylight

11.6hrs

Next full moon

26 Oct

Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Saint Petersburg

Working hours in Saint Petersburg

6h overlap

Saint PetersburgUTC+3

06121824

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Time zone guide for Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, 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 Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg.

Practical information for Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (Russia) is home to roughly 5.6M people. Today brings about 11.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:01, sunset at 18:35. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 60° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Russia

Capital

Moscow

Continent

Europe & Asia

Time Zone

UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow

Coordinates

59.93°N, 30.34°E

Currency

RUB (₽)

Calling Code

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Russian

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Nights That Never Get Dark

At 59.9° north, Saint Petersburg sits far enough up for the White Nights — a stretch of about a month around midsummer when the sun dips so shallowly below the horizon that the sky never fully darkens. The city's bridges are raised nightly for shipping, stranding anyone on the wrong bank until morning.

The Hermitage, meanwhile, holds around three million items, of which only a fraction is ever on display.

The clock: Saint Petersburg keeps UTC+3 year-round. Russia abolished seasonal clock changes in 2011, briefly sat on permanent summer time, then settled on permanent winter time in 2014.

The sun and the clock in Saint Petersburg (2026)

Solar noon12:59on UTC+3 standard time

Longest day18h 51m22 June

Shortest day5h 54m22 December

Yearly average12h 23mof daylight a day

Earliest sunrise03:3420 June

Latest sunset22:2624 June

Saint Petersburg lies at 30.3°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 14.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 59 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:59 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 18h 51m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 5h 54m. The swing between them is 12h 57m. 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 Saint Petersburg the sun comes up earliest on 20 June at 03:34, while the latest sunset waits until 24 June at 22:26. 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 Saint Petersburg that civil twilight runs about 41 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 105 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.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current time and timezone in Saint Petersburg?

The official timezone for Saint Petersburg, Russia is Europe/Moscow with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.

What is the population and location of Saint Petersburg?

Saint Petersburg has an estimated population of 5.6M and is located at coordinates 59.93°N, 30.34°E.

How many hours of daylight does Saint Petersburg get?

Saint Petersburg gets 18h 51m of daylight on its longest day and 5h 54m on its shortest, averaging 12h 23m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Saint Petersburg?

Solar noon in Saint Petersburg falls at about 12:59 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 14.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Saint Petersburg?

The Nights That Never Get Dark: At 59.9° north, Saint Petersburg sits far enough up for the White Nights — a stretch of about a month around midsummer when the sun dips so shallowly below the horizon that the sky never fully darkens.