Time Zones| Zone areas | Time now | January 2026 | July 2026 | Largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyiv | --:-- | UTC+2 | UTC+3 | Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro |
| Simferopol | --:-- | UTC+3 | UTC+3 | Sevastopol, Simferopol, Kerch, Yevpatoriya |
How many times does Ukraine have?
The IANA database lists 2 separate zone areas for Ukraine. Grouped by the time they actually show through 2026, that makes 2 different clocks, listed above. The offsets in use run from UTC+2 to UTC+3 in January.
1 of the 2 areas change their clocks during the year. Open an area to see its dates.
Planning across the country
When you fix a call or a broadcast for people in several parts of Ukraine, give the time with its zone, or use the converter to show every zone at once.
Where most people are
Measured by the people living in towns of 15,000 or more (GeoNames figures), the busiest clock in Ukraine is the one kept in Kyiv, UTC+2 in January: about 24 million people, or 94% of the total across all the zone areas. Next comes the clock of Sevastopol (UTC+3) with about 1.5 million.
A worked example
When it is 9:00 am in Kyiv in January, it is 10:00 am in Sevastopol.
A worked example for July
When it is 9:00 am in Kyiv in July, it is 9:00 am in Sevastopol.
The widest gap inside the country
The two clocks that are farthest apart differ by 1 hour in January and by no time in July, because not every part moves its clocks. On the map, the main cities run from Kyiv at about 30.5° east to Sevastopol at about 33.5° east. By the sun alone those two are about 12 minutes apart.
The sun across Ukraine
Clocks are set by law, but the sun keeps its own time. In Kyiv, the most westerly of the main cities (about 30.5° east), the sun is highest at about 11:58 am by the clock in January. In Sevastopol, the most easterly (about 33.5° east), it is highest at about 12:46 pm. The closer that figure is to 12:00, the better the clock fits the daylight in that city.
Ukraine and the rest of the world
When it is 12:00 noon in Kyiv, it is 3:30 pm in India in January and 2:30 pm in July; 10:00 am in London; 5:00 am in New York. Other parts of Ukraine are earlier or later than that by the amounts in the table at the top of this page.
Clock changes in 2026
In Kyiv the dates are: Sunday 29 March 2026: at 3:00 am clocks go forward 1 hour to 4:00 am; Sunday 25 October 2026: at 4:00 am clocks go back 1 hour to 3:00 am. These areas do not move their clocks at all: Simferopol. So the time difference between them and the rest of the country changes twice a year.