Time in Istanbul now
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Saturday, September 5, 2026
Istanbul time zone info
UTC +3
Türkiye Standard Time (GMT+3)
now 8 hours ahead of Chicago
- Istanbul does not observe daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Istanbul is Europe/Istanbul.
Istanbul's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 10:27 AM
- Sunset: 11:24 PM
- Day length: 12h 57m
- Culmination: 4:56 PM
- Currently Istanbul time is 296 minutes behind apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Istanbul
UTC
−3 hours
Istanbul on the map
- Istanbul is in Turkey.
- Latitude: 41.01. Longitude: 28.98.
- Population: 15,462,452
- Turkey: Population: 85,800,000