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Istanbul, Türkei
09:47:13 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Europe/Istanbul

Istanbul
Largest city in Turkey
Aktuelle Ortszeit
09:47:13 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zeitzone
TRT
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
Nächster Feiertag
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
4 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Istanbul right now
Nächster Flughafen
ISL
İstanbul Atatürk Airport · 12 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
10
Curated airport references available for Türkei
Snapshot at render time: 09:47:13 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Istanbul (UTC+03:00, TRT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
12°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 9°C · Humidity 64% · Wind 11 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:04 AM to 07:58 PM
Day length 13h 54m · Solar noon 01:01 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Istanbul local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Islamic New Year (Muharram) 2026
festival-islamicDienstag, 16. Juni 2026
48 days to go
Vesak / Buddha Purnima 2026
religiousFreitag, 1. Mai 2026
2 days to go
Vesak 2026
festival-buddhistFreitag, 1. Mai 2026
2 days to go
EU Digital Markets Act — First Review Report
regulatorySonntag, 3. Mai 2026
4 days to go
WB, Kerala, TN, Assam, Puducherry Assembly Election Counting
electionMontag, 4. Mai 2026
5 days to go
CAA Supreme Court Final Constitutional Hearing
judicialDienstag, 5. Mai 2026
6 days to go
Population
15.7M
Coordinates
41.01, 28.95
Timezone
Europe/Istanbul
Indexierte Flughäfen
10
Capital
Ankara
Languages
Turkish
Currency
TRY (₺)
Country area
783,562 km²
Read time for Istanbul from the Europe/Istanbul zone (TRT, UTC+03:00); the city carries roughly 15.7M residents and ranks #1 among curated Türkei entries.
Geographically, Istanbul is at 41.01°N, 28.95°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's mid-latitudes, about 4553 km from the equator, with clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 06:04 AM and sets around 07:58 PM in Istanbul — about 13h 54m of daylight. Türkei stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Eminönü (2 km from Istanbul) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 10 curated airport pages indexed for Türkei.
On 2026-05-01, Labour Day is the next holiday flag for Istanbul — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
TRT
IANA Zone
Europe/Istanbul
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+03:00
Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria
Other cities in this timezone
London
-2h
New York
-7h
Los Angeles
-10h
Dubai
+1h
Singapore
+5h
Tokyo
+6h
Sydney
+7h
São Paulo
-6h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Istanbul.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 07:47 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 02:47 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 11:47 PM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 10:47 AM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 02:47 PM | +5h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 03:47 PM | +6h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 04:47 PM | +7h | Good to call now |
| São Paulo | 03:47 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Istanbul liegt in der Zeitzone Europe/Istanbul (TRT), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +03:00.
Istanbul beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Istanbul ist UTC+03:00.
Istanbul sits at 41.01°N, 28.95°E in Türkei, with about 15.7M residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Istanbul is London, about 2,498 km away as the crow flies.
Eminönü is the closest indexed city, roughly 2 km from Istanbul.
İstanbul Atatürk Airport (ISL) is the closest curated airport reference, about 12 km from Istanbul.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Türkei, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical center. With a population of over 15 million, it is home to 18% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the largest cities in Europe and in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus – one of the world's busiest waterways – in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of 5,461 square kilometers (2,109 mi2) is coterminous with Istanbul Province.
From Istanbul the nearest of our reference hubs are London (~2,498 km), Dubai (~2,997 km), New York (~8,068 km), while Sydney sits about 14,949 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Istanbul sits inside Türkei — the Western Asia subregion, capital Ankara, languages Turkish, currency TRY (₺).
Eminönü (2 km), Zeytinburnu (4 km), Güngören Merter (5 km), Merter Keresteciler (5 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Istanbul — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Istanbul: Labour Day, Atatürk Commemoration & Youth Day, Democracy and National Unity Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Türkei.
Closest curated airport references from Istanbul: ISL Istanbul(Bakırköy) (12 km), SAW Pendik, Istanbul (33 km), IST Istanbul (34 km).
Turkey is one of the strongest bridge markets between Europe, the Gulf, and wider MENA.
İstanbul Atatürk AirportISL
Istanbul(Bakırköy) · 12 km from Istanbul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportSAW
Pendik, Istanbul · 33 km from Istanbul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
İstanbul AirportIST
Istanbul · 34 km from Istanbul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Adnan Menderes International AirportADB
Gaziemir · 339 km from Istanbul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 11m
Esenboğa International AirportESB
Ankara · 356 km from Istanbul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 12m
Exchange snapshot
1 TRY = 0.019 EUR · 1 TRY = 0.016 GBP · 1 TRY = 0.022 USD
As of 2026-04-28
On this day
No historical event snapshot is currently available for this date.
Coordination pulse
4 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now