Clock change · IANA tzdata 2026e
Does Russia change its clocks?
No: Russia keeps the same time all year, MSK (UTC+3). IANA tzdata 2026e has no clock change scheduled.
No clock change
MSK (UTC+3) all year
Last changeSunday, 26 October 2014: the clocks went back 1 hour, from MSK to MSK.
Now in MoscowMSK
27 time zones
Time zones of Russia
Time zones that change on the same dates at the same local time are grouped together.
No clock change
Same time all year
Moscow Standard TimeMSK (UTC+3)
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov
Last change: 26 October 2014
Yekaterinburg Standard TimeUTC+5
Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Ufa, Orenburg
Last change: 26 October 2014
Krasnoyarsk Standard TimeUTC+7
Novosibirsk, Iskitim, Ob, Barabinsk
Last change: 24 July 2016
Omsk Standard TimeUTC+6
Omsk, Tara, Isikul, Kalachinsk
Last change: 26 October 2014
Samara Standard TimeUTC+4
Samara, Tolyatti, Izhevsk, Syzran
Last change: 27 March 2011
Samara Standard TimeUTC+4
Saratov, Engels, Balakovo, Balashov
Last change: 4 December 2016
+15 more
Moscow Standard TimeMSK (UTC+3)
Volgograd, Volzhskiy, Kamyshin, Mikhaylovka
Last change: 27 December 2020
Krasnoyarsk Standard TimeUTC+7
Krasnoyarsk, Noginsk, Abakan, Norilsk
Last change: 26 October 2014
Vladivostok Standard TimeUTC+10
Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk na Amure, Nakhodka
Last change: 26 October 2014
Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Angarsk, Bratsk
Last change: 26 October 2014
Samara Standard TimeUTC+4
Ulyanovsk, Astrakhan, Dimitrovgrad, Akhtubinsk
Last change: 27 March 2016
Krasnoyarsk Standard TimeUTC+7
Barnaul, Biysk, Rubtsovsk, Novoaltaysk
Last change: 27 March 2016
Krasnoyarsk Standard TimeUTC+7
Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Prokopyevsk, Leninsk Kuznetsky
Last change: 27 March 2011
Krasnoyarsk Standard TimeUTC+7
Tomsk, Strezhevoy, Kolpashevo, Asino
Last change: 29 May 2016
Eastern European Standard TimeEET (UTC+2)
Kaliningrad, Chernyakhovsk, Sovetsk
Last change: 26 October 2014
Chita, Krasnokamensk, Borzya, Petrovsk Zabaykalskiy
Last change: 27 March 2016
Yakutsk, Blagoveshchensk, Belogorsk, Svobodnyy
Last change: 26 October 2014
Kamchatka Standard TimeUTC+12
Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy, Oktyabrskiy, Anadyr, Bilibino
Last change: 27 March 2011
Magadan Standard TimeUTC+11
Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Korsakov, Kholmsk, Okha
Last change: 27 March 2016
Magadan Standard TimeUTC+11
Magadan, Palatka, Susuman, Omsukchan
Last change: 24 April 2016
Magadan Standard TimeUTC+11
Cherskiy, Zyryanka, Srednekolymsk, Chokurdakh
Last change: 26 October 2014
History
When did Russia last change its clocks?
Sunday, 26 October 2014: the clocks went back 1 hour, from MSK to MSK.
No clock change in 2026–2028.
Questions
Clock changes in Russia: questions
When do the clocks change in Russia in 2026?
There is no clock change in Russia in 2026: MSK (UTC+3) all year.
Do the clocks go forward or back?
Neither: Russia keeps MSK (UTC+3) all year.
Will I get an hour more sleep?
No: the clocks do not change in Russia, so every night has its usual length.
Does Russia still use daylight saving time?
No: Russia keeps MSK (UTC+3) all year. The clocks last changed on Sunday, 26 October 2014.