UTC offset

UTC+03:00

3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time — the clock of Ethiopia, Yemen, Jordan and 34 more.

Also written GMT+3 · +03:00 · military time zone C · Charlie
Time at UTC+03:00 now
--:--:--
vs UTC
+03:00
UTC now
--:--
Military
C · Charlie

Zones here now

42

Addis Ababa · Aden · Amman

Countries

37

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · 🇾🇪 Yemen · 🇯🇴 Jordan

Seasonal shifts

17

zones that hop rungs with DST

Largest city

Istanbul

15.7M metro · +03

Who keeps UTC+03:00

42 zones right now — the rung breathes with DST.

17 of the zones keeping UTC+03:00 right now are only visiting — daylight saving moves them between rungs.

Time zoneZone identifierCountryAbbr.DST behaviour
Year-round · here every day of the year
East Africa TimeAfrica/Addis_Ababa🇪🇹 EthiopiaEAT — Never observes DST
Arabian Standard TimeAsia/Aden🇾🇪 Yemen+03 — Never observes DST
Amman TimeAsia/Amman🇯🇴 Jordan+03 — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeIndian/Antananarivo🇲🇬 MadagascarEAT — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeAfrica/Asmara🇪🇷 EritreaEAT — Never observes DST
Arabian Standard TimeAsia/Baghdad🇮🇶 Iraq+03 — Never observes DST
Arabian Standard TimeAsia/Bahrain🇧🇭 Bahrain+03 — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeIndian/Comoro🇰🇲 ComorosEAT — Never observes DST
Damascus TimeAsia/Damascus🇸🇾 Syria+03 — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeAfrica/Dar_es_Salaam🇹🇿 TanzaniaEAT — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeAfrica/Djibouti🇩🇯 DjiboutiEAT — Never observes DST
Istanbul TimeEurope/Istanbul🇹🇷 Turkey+03 — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeAfrica/Kampala🇺🇬 UgandaEAT — Never observes DST
Kirov TimeEurope/Kirov🇷🇺 RussiaMSK — Never observes DST
Arabian Standard TimeAsia/Kuwait🇰🇼 Kuwait+03 — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeIndian/Mayotte🇾🇹 MayotteEAT — Never observes DST
Moscow Standard TimeEurope/Minsk🇧🇾 Belarus+03 — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeAfrica/Mogadishu🇸🇴 SomaliaEAT — Never observes DST
Moscow Standard TimeEurope/Moscow🇷🇺 RussiaMSK — Never observes DST
East Africa TimeAfrica/Nairobi🇰🇪 KenyaEAT — Never observes DST
Arabian Standard TimeAsia/Qatar🇶🇦 Qatar+03 — Never observes DST
Arabian Standard TimeAsia/Riyadh🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia+03 — Never observes DST
Moscow Standard TimeEurope/Simferopol🇺🇦 UkraineMSK — Never observes DST
Syowa TimeAntarctica/Syowa🇦🇶 Antarctica+03 — Never observes DST
Volgograd Standard TimeEurope/Volgograd🇷🇺 RussiaMSK — Never observes DST
Seasonal · here until the next clock change
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Athens🇬🇷 GreeceEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeAsia/Beirut🇱🇧 LebanonEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Bucharest🇷🇴 RomaniaEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeAfrica/Cairo🇪🇬 EgyptEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Chisinau🇲🇩 MoldovaEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeAsia/Famagusta🇨🇾 CyprusEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeAsia/Gaza🇵🇸 PalestineEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeAsia/Hebron🇵🇸 PalestineEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Helsinki🇫🇮 FinlandEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Israel Daylight TimeAsia/Jerusalem🇮🇱 IsraelIDT ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Kyiv🇺🇦 UkraineEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Mariehamn🇦🇽 Åland IslandsEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeAsia/Nicosia🇨🇾 CyprusEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Riga🇱🇻 LatviaEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Sofia🇧🇬 BulgariaEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Tallinn🇪🇪 EstoniaEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00
Eastern European Summer TimeEurope/Vilnius🇱🇹 LithuaniaEEST ▲ normally UTC+02:00

Major cities at UTC+03:00

Where it's --:-- right now.

ordered by population · each links to its city page

🇹🇷 Istanbul
13:58
13:58:09 · +03
pop. 16MUTC+03:00 year-round
🇷🇺 Moscow
13:58
13:58:09 · MSK
pop. 13MUTC+03:00 year-round
🇪🇬 Cairo
13:58
13:58:09 · EEST
pop. 9.8Mshifts with DST
🇮🇶 Baghdad
13:58
13:58:09 · +03
pop. 8.1MUTC+03:00 year-round
🇸🇦 Riyadh
13:58
13:58:09 · +03
pop. 7MUTC+03:00 year-round
🇹🇷 Ankara
13:58
13:58:09 · +03
pop. 5.8MUTC+03:00 year-round

Compare & convert

When it's noon
at UTC+03:00…

Times below are live conversions against each reference's current offset — daylight saving included.

Convert Istanbul → your city →
Reference…it isDay shift
UTC ±00:0009:00same day
New York EDT05:00same day
London BST10:00same day
Paris CEST11:00same day
Tokyo JST18:00same day
Sydney AEST19:00same day

About this offset

One rung, 37 flags.

UTC+03:00 is kept by 42 zones across Ethiopia, Yemen, Jordan and 34 more. Its population shifts with the seasons: 17 zones are only here while daylight saving lasts.

Frequently asked questions

Answers generated from live data for UTC+03:00. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What time is it at UTC+03:00 right now?
UTC+03:00 is always exactly 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, every day of the year. The clock at the top of this page shows its current time live — in military usage this offset is zone C (Charlie).
Which countries use UTC+03:00?
25 territories keep UTC+03:00 year-round: Ethiopia (Africa/Addis_Ababa), Yemen (Asia/Aden), Jordan (Asia/Amman), Madagascar (Indian/Antananarivo). Others visit seasonally through daylight saving.
Is Istanbul always on UTC+03:00?
Yes. Istanbul does not observe daylight saving time, so it stays at UTC+03:00 every day of the year.
What's the difference between UTC+03:00 and ISTANB?
UTC+03:00 is the numeric offset; ISTANB (Istanbul Time) is one named time zone that keeps it. Other zones can share the offset while following entirely different rules and history — same clock, different identity.

Walk the ladder

Adjacent offsets.

UTC+01:00--:--
Ebute Ikorodu→
UTC+02:00--:--
Khartoum→
UTC+03:30--:--
Tehran→
UTC+04:00--:--
Dubai→

Free · Developer API

This offset, as JSON.

Query every zone at UTC+03:00 — including the seasonal drifters — in one call.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// every zone at UTC+03:00, right now
GET /v1/timezones?offset=+03:00
{
"data": [
{ "iana": "Africa/Addis_Ababa", … },
{ "iana": "Asia/Aden", … },
{ "iana": "Asia/Amman", … },
]
}