There are 11 official standard time zones in Russia. This country has the highest number of time zones within a contiguous territory and does not observe the Daylight Saving Time (DST), not changing clocks ahead and back. The Moscow time (MSK) is now widely used in broadcasting and train schedules across the country. That’s why, along with the UTC offset, we also mention the offset from the Moscow time for different locations in Russia.
Time zones in Russia
Here are the 11 time zones in Russia.
- UTC+02:00 Kaliningrad Time Zone includes the westernmost region called Kaliningrad Oblast.
- UTC+03:00 Moscow Time Zone (MSK) is the most populous one, encompassing 47 federal subjects in the European part of Russia. The widely known tourist places are located there, like Moscow, Saint Petersburg and the ancient towns of the Golden Ring.
- UTC+04:00 Samara Time Zone covers 5 regions: Samara Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Udmurt Republic.
- UTC+05:00 Yekaterinburg Time Zone comprises 9 federal subjects, located to the east of the Ural Mountains.
- UTC+06:00 Omsk Time Zone includes 1 region of southwestern Siberia: Tomsk Oblast.
- UTC+07:00 Krasnoyarsk Time Zone covers 8 regions in the south of Siberia: Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Republic of Khakassia, Tuva Republic.
- UTC+08:00 Irkutsk Time Zone includes 2 federal subjects in the southeastern part of Siberia around the famous Baikal Lake.
- UTC+09:00 Yakutsk Time Zone stretches along the entire Zabaykalsky Krai, Amur Oblast and the western part of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.
- UTC+10:00 Vladivostok Time Zone encompasses 4 regions in the Far East and the central part of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.
- UTC+11:00 Magadan Time Zone comprises the western part of the Sakha (Yakutia), Sakhalin Oblast and entire the North Kuril Islands.
- UTC+12:00 Kamchatka Time Zone covers the most eastern areas of Russia, called Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai, bordering with Alaska (USA) and Japan.
Time zones for the cities and regional capitals in Russia
Here are the cities and regional capitals of Russia with their standard time zones and Moscow time offsets.
| City or regional capital | Region | UTC time offset | Moscow time offset |
| A | |||
| Abakan | Republic of Khakassia | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Anadyr | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | +12:00 | +09:00 |
| Anapa | Krasnodar Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Angarsk | Irkutsk Oblast | +08:00 | +05:00 |
| Arkhangelsk | Arkhangelsk Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Armavir | Krasnodar Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Astrakhan | Astrakhan Oblast | +04:00 | +01:00 |
| B | |||
| Barnaul | Altai Krai | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Belgorod | Belgorod Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Birobidzhan | Jewish Autonomous Oblast | +10:00 | +07:00 |
| Biysk | Altai Krai | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Blagoveshchensk | Amur Oblast | +09:00 | +06:00 |
| Bratsk | Irkutsk Oblast | +08:00 | +05:00 |
| Bryansk | Bryansk Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| C | |||
| Cheboksary | Chuvash Republic | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Chelyabinsk | Chelyabinsk Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Cherepovets | Vologda Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Cherkessk | Karachay-Cherkess Republic | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Chita | Zabaykalsky Krai | +09:00 | +06:00 |
| D | |||
| Dmitrov | Moscow Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| E | |||
| Elista | Republic of Kalmykia | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| G | |||
| Gatchina | Leningrad Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Gorno-Altaysk | Altai Republic | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Grozny | Chechen Republic | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| I | |||
| Irkutsk | Irkutsk Oblast | +08:00 | +05:00 |
| Ivanovo | Ivanovo Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Izhevsk | Udmurt Republic | +04:00 | +01:00 |
| K | |||
| Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad Oblast | +02:00 | -01:00 |
| Kaluga | Kaluga Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Kazan | Republic of Tatarstan | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Kemerovo | Kemerovo Oblast | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Khabarovsk | Khabarovsk Krai | +10:00 | +07:00 |
| Khanty-Mansiysk | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Kirov | Kirov Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Kislovodsk | Stavropol Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Kolomna | Moscow Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | Khabarovsk Krai | +10:00 | +07:00 |
| Korolyov | Moscow Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Kostroma | Kostroma Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Krasnodar | Krasnodar Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Krasnoyarsk | Krasnoyarsk Krai | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Kurgan | Kurgan Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Kursk | Kursk Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Kyzyl | Tuva Republic | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| L | |||
| Lipetsk | Lipetsk Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| M | |||
| Magadan | Magadan Oblast | +11:00 | +08:00 |
| Magas | Republic of Ingushetia | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Magnitogorsk | Chelyabinsk Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Makhachkala | Republic of Dagestan | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Maykop | Republic of Adygea | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Mineralnye Vody | Stavropol Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Mirny | Sakha Republic | +09:00 | +06:00 |
| Moscow, capital of Russia | Federal city | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Murmansk | Murmansk Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Murom | Vladimir Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| N | |||
| Naberezhnye Chelny | Republic of Tatarstan | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Nakhodka | Primorsky Krai | +10:00 | +07:00 |
| Nalchik | Kabardino-Balkar Republic | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Naryan-Mar | Nenets Autonomous Okrug | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Nizhnekamsk | Republic of Tatarstan | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Nizhnevartovsk | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Nizhny Tagil | Sverdlovsk Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Norilsk | Krasnoyarsk Krai | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Novokuznetsk | Kemerovo Oblast | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Novorossiysk | Krasnodar Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk Oblast | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Novy Urengoy | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| O | |||
| Omsk | Omsk Oblast | +06:00 | +03:00 |
| Orenburg | Orenburg Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Orsk | Orenburg Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Oryol | Oryol Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Oymyakon | Sakha Republic | +10:00 | +07:00 |
| P | |||
| Penza | Penza Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Pereslavl-Zalessky | Yaroslavl Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Perm | Perm Krai | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | Kamchatka Krai | +12:00 | +09:00 |
| Petrozavodsk | Republic of Karelia | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Pskov | Pskov Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Pyatigorsk | Stavropol Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| R | |||
| Rostov-on-Don | Rostov Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Rostov the Great | Yaroslavl Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Ryazan | Ryazan Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| S | |||
| Saint Petersburg | Federal city | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Salekhard | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Samara | Samara Oblast | +04:00 | +01:00 |
| Saransk | Republic of Mordovia | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Saratov | Saratov Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Sergiyev Posad | Moscow Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Sevastopol | Federal city | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Simferopol | Republic of Crimea | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Smolensk | Smolensk Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Sochi | Krasnodar Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Srednekolymsk | Sakha Republic | +11:00 | +08:00 |
| Stary Oskol | Belgorod Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Stavropol | Stavropol Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Sterlitamak | Republic of Bashkortostan | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Surgut | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Suzdal | Vladimir Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Syktyvkar | Komi Republic | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| T | |||
| Taganrog | Rostov Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Tambov | Tambov Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Tobolsk | Tyumen Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Tolyatti | Samara Oblast | +04:00 | +01:00 |
| Tomsk | Tomsk Oblast | +07:00 | +04:00 |
| Tula | Tula Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Tver | Tver Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Tyumen | Tyumen Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| U | |||
| Ufa | Republic of Bashkortostan | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Uglich | Yaroslavl Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Ulan-Ude | Republic of Buryatia | +08:00 | +05:00 |
| Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk Oblast | +04:00 | +01:00 |
| V | |||
| Veliky Novgorod | Novgorod Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Vladimir | Vladimir Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Vladikavkaz | Republic of North Ossetia-Alania | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Vladivostok | Primorsky Krai | +10:00 | +07:00 |
| Volgograd | Volgograd Oblast | +04:00 | +01:00 |
| Vologda | Vologda Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Volzhsky | Volgograd Oblast | +04:00 | +01:00 |
| Vorkuta | Komi Republic | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Voronezh | Voronezh Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Y | |||
| Yakutsk | Sakha Republic | +09:00 | +06:00 |
| Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl Oblast | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk Oblast | +05:00 | +02:00 |
| Yessentuki | Stavropol Krai | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Yoshkar-Ola | Mari El Republic | +03:00 | ±00:00 |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Sakhalin Oblast | +11:00 | +08:00 |
