UTC+3 Time Now: Countries and Cities on UTC+3

What UTC+3 means

A clock set to UTC+3 shows UTC plus 3 hours. When it is 12:00 noon UTC, it is 3:00 pm here. Compared with India (UTC+5:30) it is 2 hours 30 minutes behind.

Converting to and from UTC+3

To turn UTC into this time, add 3 hours. To go back to UTC, subtract the same amount. Three examples: 6:00 am UTC is 9:00 am here; 3:00 pm UTC is 6:00 pm here; 9:00 am here is 6:00 am UTC. The calendar date changes whenever the sum passes midnight.

Where UTC+3 sits on the map

The Earth turns 15 degrees of longitude every hour. The line where the sun-time matches UTC+3 exactly is 45° east. The places that use it are spread much wider than that one line. Of the main cities listed below, Mariehamn (19.9° east) is the farthest west and Doha (51.5° east) the farthest east. By the sun they are about 2 hours 6 minutes apart, yet their clocks agree.

Who is on UTC+3, and when

24 zone areas in 22 countries and territories keep UTC+3 through the whole year. The towns of 15,000 or more there hold about 304 million people (GeoNames figures). 17 more zone areas are on it for only part of the year: for 17 it is the moved (summer) time. That is why the number of people on UTC+3 rises and falls with the seasons.

Noon at UTC+3 elsewhere

When a clock on UTC+3 shows 12:00 noon, it is 2:30 pm in India; 9:00 am in London in January and 10:00 am in July; 4:00 am in New York in January and 5:00 am in July; 6:00 pm in Tokyo. For any other place or date, use the converter.

Largest cities on this time

Istanbul, Moscow, Cairo, Baghdad, Dar es Salaam, Saint Petersburg, Alexandria, Jeddah.

All year

These places keep UTC+3 through the whole year.

Part of the year

These places are on UTC+3 for part of the year and move their clocks for the rest. Open one for its dates.

Neighbouring offsets: UTC+1, UTC+2, UTC+3:30, UTC+4. All UTC offsets.