Current Time in Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul is in the Europe/Istanbul time zone. The clock updates live every second and automatically follows daylight saving changes; the sun dial shows today's daylight and twilight, and the map shows where it is night.
Time in Istanbul
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UTC
Today's light in Istanbul
- Night
- Astronomical twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Civil twilight
- Golden hour
- Daylight
- Astronomical dawn
- 06:04
- Nautical dawn
- 06:37
- Civil dawn
- 07:09
- Sunrise
- 07:38
- Golden hour ends
- 08:17
- Solar noon
- 12:47
- Golden hour begins
- 17:17
- Sunset
- 17:56
- Civil dusk
- 18:25
- Nautical dusk
- 18:58
- Astronomical dusk
- 19:30
It was 7:30 PM on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 in Istanbul when this page was last updated. Istanbul is on GMT+3 (UTC+03:00) all year, with no daylight saving. The clock above is live.
- Time zone
- Europe/Istanbul
- UTC offset
- UTC+03:00
- Abbreviation
- GMT+3
- Population
- 15,701,602
Daylight Saving Time in Istanbul
Istanbul does not observe daylight saving time — the offset stays at UTC+03:00 all year round.
Cities in the same time zone
These places share Istanbul's local time (Europe/Istanbul):
Ankara, TurkeyBursa, Turkeyİzmir, TurkeyGaziantep, TurkeyDiyarbakır, TurkeyAdana, TurkeyKayseri, TurkeyKonya, Turkey
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