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UTC+3: current time and where it is used

UTC+3 is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. In 2026, 42 IANA time zones use it, across 36 countries. All of them are on it right now.

Current time at UTC+3
UTC+35:08 PMThu, Oct 22
UTC2:08 PMThu, Oct 22

Calculated from your device clock at the fixed UTC+3 offset.

Quick reference
  • Midnight UTC is3:00 AM
  • 9:00 AM at UTC+3 is6:00 AM UTC
  • ISO 8601 suffix+03:00

Countries and places on UTC+3 in 2026

Calculated from the IANA time zone database at build time. Each row is one set of clock rules; local dates.

CountryZone and major placesOn UTC+3Other offset
Åland IslandsEurope/Mariehamn
Mariehamn		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
BahrainAsia/Bahrain
Manama		All year—
BelarusEurope/Minsk
Minsk, Homyel, Mahilyow		All year—
BulgariaEurope/Sofia
Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
ComorosIndian/Comoro
Moroni		All year—
CyprusAsia/Nicosia
Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
Asia/Famagusta
Ammochostos, Kyrenia		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
DjiboutiAfrica/Djibouti
Djibouti, Ali Sabih, Tadjoura		All year—
EgyptAfrica/Cairo
Cairo, Alexandria, El Giza		Apr 24 – Oct 29UTC+2
EritreaAfrica/Asmara
Asmara, Keren, Massawa		All year—
EstoniaEurope/Tallinn
Tallinn, Tartu, Narva		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
EthiopiaAfrica/Addis_Ababa
Addis Ababa, Nazret, Dire Dawa		All year—
FinlandEurope/Helsinki
Helsinki, Tampere, Turku		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
GreeceEurope/Athens
Athens, Thessaloniki, Piraiévs		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
IraqAsia/Baghdad
Baghdad, Mosul, Basra		All year—
IsraelAsia/Jerusalem
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Jerusalem, Haifa		Mar 27 – Oct 25UTC+2
JordanAsia/Amman
Amman, Az Zarqa, Irbid		All year—
KenyaAfrica/Nairobi
Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru		All year—
KuwaitAsia/Kuwait
Kuwait, Al Jahra, Hawalli		All year—
LatviaEurope/Riga
Riga, Daugavpils, Liepaga		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
LebanonAsia/Beirut
Beirut, Trablous, Saida		Mar 29 – Oct 24UTC+2
LithuaniaEurope/Vilnius
Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
MadagascarIndian/Antananarivo
Antananarivo, Antsirabe, Toamasina		All year—
MayotteIndian/Mayotte
Dzaoudzi		All year—
MoldovaEurope/Chisinau
Chisinau, Tiraspol, Balti		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
Palestinian TerritoriesAsia/Gaza
Gaza		Mar 28 – Oct 24UTC+2
Asia/Hebron
Al Khalil, Nablus, Ramallah		Mar 28 – Oct 24UTC+2
QatarAsia/Qatar
Doha		All year—
RomaniaEurope/Bucharest
Bucharest, Iasi, Timisoara		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
RussiaEurope/Moscow
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod		All year—
Europe/Volgograd
Volgograd, Volzhskiy, Kamyshin		All year—
Europe/Kirov
Kirov, Kirovo-Chepetsk, Slobodskoy		All year—
Saudi ArabiaAsia/Riyadh
Riyadh, Jeddah, Ad Damman		All year—
SomaliaAfrica/Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Hargeysa, Kismaayo		All year—
SyriaAsia/Damascus
Damascus, Aleppo, Hims		All year—
TanzaniaAfrica/Dar_es_Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Moshi		All year—
TürkiyeEurope/Istanbul
Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir		All year—
UgandaAfrica/Kampala
Kampala, Mbale, Jinja		All year—
UkraineEurope/Kyiv
Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk		Mar 29 – Oct 25UTC+2
Europe/Simferopol
Sevastapol, Simferopol, Kerch		All year—
YemenAsia/Aden
Sanaa, Aden, Taizz		All year—
Other placesAntarctica/Syowa
Syowa		All year—

UTC+3 conversion table

Every hour at UTC+3, converted at fixed offsets.

UTC+3UTC+0UTC−5UTC−8UTC+1UTC+5:30UTC+8
12:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day4:00 PMprevious day1:00 PMprevious day10:00 PMprevious day2:30 AM5:00 AM
1:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day5:00 PMprevious day2:00 PMprevious day11:00 PMprevious day3:30 AM6:00 AM
2:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day3:00 PMprevious day12:00 AM4:30 AM7:00 AM
3:00 AM12:00 AM7:00 PMprevious day4:00 PMprevious day1:00 AM5:30 AM8:00 AM
4:00 AM1:00 AM8:00 PMprevious day5:00 PMprevious day2:00 AM6:30 AM9:00 AM
5:00 AM2:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day3:00 AM7:30 AM10:00 AM
6:00 AM3:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day7:00 PMprevious day4:00 AM8:30 AM11:00 AM
7:00 AM4:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day8:00 PMprevious day5:00 AM9:30 AM12:00 PM
8:00 AM5:00 AM12:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day6:00 AM10:30 AM1:00 PM
9:00 AM6:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day7:00 AM11:30 AM2:00 PM
10:00 AM7:00 AM2:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day8:00 AM12:30 PM3:00 PM
11:00 AM8:00 AM3:00 AM12:00 AM9:00 AM1:30 PM4:00 PM
12:00 PM9:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 AM2:30 PM5:00 PM
1:00 PM10:00 AM5:00 AM2:00 AM11:00 AM3:30 PM6:00 PM
2:00 PM11:00 AM6:00 AM3:00 AM12:00 PM4:30 PM7:00 PM
3:00 PM12:00 PM7:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 PM5:30 PM8:00 PM
4:00 PM1:00 PM8:00 AM5:00 AM2:00 PM6:30 PM9:00 PM
5:00 PM2:00 PM9:00 AM6:00 AM3:00 PM7:30 PM10:00 PM
6:00 PM3:00 PM10:00 AM7:00 AM4:00 PM8:30 PM11:00 PM
7:00 PM4:00 PM11:00 AM8:00 AM5:00 PM9:30 PM12:00 AMnext day
8:00 PM5:00 PM12:00 PM9:00 AM6:00 PM10:30 PM1:00 AMnext day
9:00 PM6:00 PM1:00 PM10:00 AM7:00 PM11:30 PM2:00 AMnext day
10:00 PM7:00 PM2:00 PM11:00 AM8:00 PM12:30 AMnext day3:00 AMnext day
11:00 PM8:00 PM3:00 PM12:00 PM9:00 PM1:30 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day

Highlighted rows: 9 am – 5 pm at UTC+3. To convert local time in a city, use the city: its offset may change with the date.