Time in Russia
Russia appears in the ZoneShift dataset with 15 cities across 7 IANA time zones. Use the table below to see the current local time in each city, or jump to a city page for a deeper scheduling breakdown.
Time zones used in Russia
Europe/Moscow
Asia/Novosibirsk
Asia/Yekaterinburg
Asia/Omsk
Europe/Samara
Asia/Krasnoyarsk
Europe/Volgograd
Cities in Russia
| City | Time zone | UTC offset | Now | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Europe/Moscow | UTC+03:00 | 23:06, Thu | 10.4M |
| Saint Petersburg | Europe/Moscow | UTC+03:00 | 23:06, Thu | 5.4M |
| Novosibirsk | Asia/Novosibirsk | UTC+07:00 | 03:06, Fri | 1.6M |
| Yekaterinburg | Asia/Yekaterinburg | UTC+05:00 | 01:06, Fri | 1.5M |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | Europe/Moscow | UTC+03:00 | 23:06, Thu | 1.3M |
| Kazan | Europe/Moscow | UTC+03:00 | 23:06, Thu | 1.2M |
| Chelyabinsk | Asia/Yekaterinburg | UTC+05:00 | 01:06, Fri | 1.2M |
| Omsk | Asia/Omsk | UTC+06:00 | 02:06, Fri | 1.2M |
| Samara | Europe/Samara | UTC+04:00 | 00:06, Fri | 1.2M |
| Rostov-on-Don | Europe/Moscow | UTC+03:00 | 23:06, Thu | 1.1M |
| Ufa | Asia/Yekaterinburg | UTC+05:00 | 01:06, Fri | 1.1M |
| Krasnoyarsk | Asia/Krasnoyarsk | UTC+07:00 | 03:06, Fri | 1.1M |
| Voronezh | Europe/Moscow | UTC+03:00 | 23:06, Thu | 1.0M |
| Volgograd | Europe/Volgograd | UTC+03:00 | 23:06, Thu | 1.0M |
| Perm | Asia/Yekaterinburg | UTC+05:00 | 01:06, Fri | 982.4K |
What this means for cross-border meetings
If you are coordinating with a team in Russia, the most reliable approach is to pick the specific city your counterpart works from rather than the country as a whole. Because Russia spans more than one IANA time zone, picking the wrong city can put you a full hour or more off the time you actually meant.
For each city listed above, ZoneShift's individual city page includes a default meeting-overlap table comparing it to other major hubs, plus the current local time, the IANA identifier, and the UTC offset that is in effect right now (already adjusted for daylight saving, if applicable).
If you frequently coordinate with people in this country, consider bookmarking either the city page for the specific office, or the time-zone page if you talk to several people who all share the same IANA zone. Both pages are stable URLs and load directly without any JavaScript or sign-in.