Samsun

UTC+3

Türkiye · TRT

Summer

03:42:43Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:06↓ 20:0024:00

Sunrise

05:06

Sunset

20:00

Daylight

14.9hrs

Population

1.4M

Season

Summer

Next full moon

14 Jul

Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Samsun, Türkiye runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7-hour difference between Samsun 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 Samsun lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Samsun 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 Samsun lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Samsun 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 Samsun 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 Samsun.

Practical Info

Samsun (Türkiye) is home to roughly 1.4M people. Today brings about 14.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:06, sunset at 20:00. 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

Türkiye

Capital

Ankara

Continent

Europe & Asia

Time Zone

TRT · Europe/Istanbul

Coordinates

41.29°N, 36.33°E

Currency

TRY (₺)

Calling Code

+90

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Turkish

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Date on the Banknote

Mustafa Kemal landed at Samsun on 19 May 1919, the date treated as the start of the Turkish War of Independence. It is a national holiday, and the ship he arrived on, the Bandırma, sits preserved in the city as a museum.

The clock: Samsun faces the Black Sea at 41° north, the cloudiest stretch of the Turkish coast. On UTC+3 its midsummer sunrise comes before 05:00 — early enough that much of the city is awake before the clock suggests it should be.

Annual Daylight