Time in Donetsk

Moscow Standard Time (UTC+3, UTC+3)

Current local time: 23:07

Next DST change: No offset change in the next year.

Current local time in Donetsk: · 10 Nov 2026

Donetsk time zone

Time zone
UTC+3 · UTC+3standard time

No clock change is expected in the next year.

No clock changes this year.

Russia has 11 distinct time zone rule groups. Donetsk uses Moscow Standard Time.

  • UTC+3 · UTC+3Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Tatarstan Republic, Rostov and moreNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+2 · UTC+2Kaliningrad OblastNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+4 · UTC+4Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtiya Republic, Ulyanovsk, Astrakhan OblastNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+5 · UTC+5Sverdlovsk Oblast, Chelyabinsk, Bashkortostan Republic, Perm Krai, Tyumen Oblast and moreNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+6 · UTC+6Omsk OblastNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+7 · UTC+7Novosibirsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Altai Krai, Tomsk Oblast, Kuzbass and moreNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+8 · UTC+8Irkutsk Oblast, Buryatiya RepublicNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+9 · UTC+9Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray, Sakha, Amur OblastNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+10 · UTC+10Khabarovsk, Primorye, Jewish Autonomous OblastNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+11 · UTC+11Sakhalin Oblast, Magadan OblastNo daylight saving time
  • UTC+12 · UTC+12Kamchatka, ChukotkaNo daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from Donetsk

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Donetsk
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London3 h behindCompare Donetsk and London
New York8 h behindCompare Donetsk and New York
Los Angeles11 h behindCompare Donetsk and Los Angeles
Berlin2 h behindCompare Donetsk and Berlin
Dubai+1 day1 h aheadCompare Donetsk and Dubai
New Delhi+1 day2 h 30 min aheadCompare Donetsk and New Delhi
Singapore+1 day5 h aheadCompare Donetsk and Singapore
Tokyo+1 day6 h aheadCompare Donetsk and Tokyo
Sydney+1 day8 h aheadCompare Donetsk and Sydney
Copenhagen2 h behindCompare Donetsk and Copenhagen

Sun in Donetsk today

Daylight
07:199h 28m16:48

9h 28m today - 6h 38m less than the longest day and 1h 9m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

About Donetsk

City facts
Country
Russia
Region
Rostov
Population
50,850
Dialing code
Currency
RUB · Ruble
Coordinates
48.3371°, 39.9523°

Public holidays in Russia

Holidays

  1. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 52 days

    Nationallong weekend

  2. New Year Holiday

    Saturday · in 53 days

    National

  3. Christmas Day

    Thursday · in 58 days

    National

  4. New Year Holiday

    Friday · in 59 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. Defender of the Fatherland Day

    Tuesday · in 105 days

    National

National holidays shown; a matching regional calendar is not available.

Nearby cities

Nearby
  • Kamensk-Shakhtinsky23 km · Same time
  • Gukovo32 km · Same time
  • Dovzhansk37 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules
  • Skhidni Kvartaly49 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules
  • Verhunskyi51 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules
  • Shevchenkivskyi52 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules
  • Luhansk54 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules
  • Vilkhivskyi54 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules
  • Kyiv721 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules
  • Baku1185 km · 1 h ahead - no DST

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Donetsk in?
Donetsk uses Europe/Moscow: UTC+3 (UTC+3).
02Does Donetsk have daylight saving time?
No. This time zone does not observe daylight saving time this year.
03What is the time difference between Donetsk and London?
Donetsk is 3 h ahead relative to London right now.
04What is a good time to call Donetsk from New York?
Working hours do not overlap. Best edge-of-day option: 09:00-10:00 in New York = 17:00-18:00 in Donetsk.

Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Donetsk in?
Donetsk is in Moscow Standard Time (UTC+3), Europe/Moscow. Standard time is UTC+3.
02Does Donetsk use daylight saving time?
No. Donetsk stays on UTC+3 all year.
03What is the time difference between Donetsk and UTC?
Donetsk is UTC+3 all year.