| 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 |
Şanlıurfa, 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 Şanlıurfa 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 Şanlıurfa lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Şanlıurfa 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 Şanlıurfa lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Şanlıurfa 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 Şanlıurfa 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 Şanlıurfa.
Şanlıurfa (Turkey) is home to roughly 2.2M people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:19, sunset at 18:10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 37° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Turkey
Capital
Ankara
Continent
Europe & Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
37.16°N, 38.79°E
Currency
TRY (₺)
Calling Code
+90
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Turkish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Göbekli Tepe, outside Şanlıurfa, was built around 9500 BC — roughly 6,000 years before Stonehenge and before pottery, writing or the wheel. It overturned the assumption that monumental architecture required agriculture first.
The clock: Şanlıurfa keeps UTC+3. Its Balıklıgöl pools hold carp considered sacred, which nobody has eaten for a very long time.
Şanlıurfa lies at 38.8°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 6.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 25 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:25 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 14h 43m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 36m. The swing between them is 5h 7m. 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 Şanlıurfa the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 05:04, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 19:49. 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 Şanlıurfa that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 31 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 Şanlıurfa, Turkey is Europe/Istanbul with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Şanlıurfa has an estimated population of 2.2M and is located at coordinates 37.16°N, 38.79°E.
Şanlıurfa gets 14h 43m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 36m on its shortest, averaging 12h 12m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Şanlıurfa falls at about 12:25 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 6.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Oldest Temple Ever Found: Göbekli Tepe, outside Şanlıurfa, was built around 9500 BC — roughly 6,000 years before Stonehenge and before pottery, writing or the wheel.