Current time in Istanbul
Turkey · Europe/Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey
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Local time
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Local time
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Coordinated Universal Time
Your zone
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Same as you
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Relative to your device
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- UTC offset
- UTC+3
- vs Wales
- +2h
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
Europe/Istanbul
Current difference
Fixed offset year-round
Istanbul compared with Wales
Live difference between Istanbul and Welsh time, plus the working hours you actually share.
Istanbul runs 2 hours ahead of Wales at the moment. If you are arranging a call from Cardiff, Swansea or Newport, a 12:00 start here lands at 14:00 in Istanbul. Because Istanbul does not observe daylight saving, this gap changes by an hour when the UK switches between GMT and BST.
When it is this time in Istanbul
The same moment, shown in major cities worldwide.
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Compare Istanbul with…
Nearby & related cities
Other places in Turkey and in time zones close to Istanbul.
Istanbul time, questions
- What time is it in Istanbul right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Istanbul, Turkey, updating every second. Istanbul uses the Europe/Istanbul time zone, currently UTC+3 (UTC+3).
- What is the time difference between Wales and Istanbul?
- Istanbul is currently 2 hours ahead of Wales. When it is 12:00 noon in Cardiff, it is 14:00 in Istanbul. Note that this gap can change by an hour at daylight saving transitions, which do not always happen on the same date in both countries.
- Does Istanbul observe daylight saving time?
- No. Istanbul stays on UTC+3 all year round and does not adjust its clocks for daylight saving.
- What time zone is Istanbul in?
- Istanbul is in the Europe/Istanbul time zone of the IANA database, shown as UTC+3 and equal to UTC+3.
Times are calculated from your device clock using the IANA time zone database. Compare with Cardiff · All cities