Indexed entity
Istanbul is the istanbul-TR record in Türkiye: country slug turkey, city slug istanbul, ISO TR, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Europe/Istanbul.
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Live local time
Istanbul, Türkiye
01:46:24 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Europe/Istanbul
Quick answer
It is currently 01:46:24 PM (TRT, UTC+03:00) in Istanbul, Türkiye — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
17°C
Partly cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
25°C
15°C
Wed
27°C
16°C
Thu
26°C
17°C
In 43 days
Demokrasi ve Millî Birlik Günü (Democracy and National Unity Day)
Wed, Jul 15, 2026
PublicIn 89 days
Zafer Bayramı (Victory Day)
Sun, Aug 30, 2026
PublicIn 149 days
Cumhuriyet Bayramı (Republic Day)
Thu, Oct 29, 2026
PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Turkish Lira
1 USD = 45.715 TRY
Quick conversions
Today
Sunrise
05:33 AM
Sunset
08:30 PM
Day length
14h 57m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Istanbul, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:46 AM UTC.
Current local time
01:46:24 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
TRT
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
Next holiday
Democracy and National Unity Day
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Istanbul right now
Nearest airport
ISL
İstanbul Atatürk Airport · 12 km
Indexed airports
10
Curated airport references available for Türkiye
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Istanbul, Türkiye.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Istanbul is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+03:00
Zone label
GMT+3
London
11:46 AM / -2h
Dubai
02:46 PM / +1h
Schedule risk
Democracy and National Unity Day on Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Travel cue
ISL Istanbul(Bakırköy), 12 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:33 AM to 08:30 PM, with solar noon around 01:02 PM and total daylight of 14h 57m.
Mapped location
41.01°N, 28.95°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:46 AM / -2h
Good live-call window with Istanbul right now.
New York
06:46 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:46 AM / -10h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:46 PM / +1h
Good live-call window with Istanbul right now.
Singapore
06:46 PM / +5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Istanbul.
ISL · İstanbul Atatürk Airport
Istanbul(Bakırköy)
SAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Pendik, Istanbul
IST · İstanbul Airport
Istanbul
ADB · Adnan Menderes International Airport
Gaziemir
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Europe/Istanbul for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+03:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+03:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Istanbul right now.
Check local interruptions
Democracy and National Unity Day on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: ISL Istanbul(Bakırköy), 12 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Europe/Istanbul. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Istanbul has no near-term DST change in view, but Democracy and National Unity Day can still affect office coverage and local response times.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Istanbul.
Canonical route
/time/turkey/istanbul/
Catalog identity
istanbul-TR · TR · Asia
Coordinate cell
41.01°N, 28.95°E · lat 41.014 · lon 28.950 · cell 4101:2895
Population record
15,701,602 residents · country rank 1
Zone snapshot
Europe/Istanbul · GMT+3 · UTC+03:00
January / July offsets
UTC+03:00 / UTC+03:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Bursa, Turkey · 91 km
Nearest world hub
London · 2,498 km
Closest airport references
ISL Istanbul(Bakırköy) 12 km · SAW Pendik, Istanbul 33 km · IST Istanbul 34 km · ADB Gaziemir 339 km
Zone peer roster
Ankara, Turkey · Bursa, Turkey · İzmir, Turkey
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Istanbul: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Istanbul is the istanbul-TR record in Türkiye: country slug turkey, city slug istanbul, ISO TR, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Europe/Istanbul.
41.01°N, 28.95°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 41 and longitude band 28; exact decimal pair 41.01384, 28.94966.
Türkiye: official name Republic of Turkey; capital Ankara; region Asia; subregion Western Asia; country population 85,664,944; area 783,562 km²; languages Turkish; currencies TRY Turkish lira. This is the country layer behind the Istanbul clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Turkey: Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 86 million people; most are ethnic Turks, while Kurds are the largest ethnic minority. Officially a secular state, Turkey has a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. Source: Wikipedia.
Bursa [bursa-TR, TR, Europe/Istanbul, 91 km]; Burgas [burgas-BG, BG, Europe/Sofia, 206 km]; Varna [varna-BG, BG, Europe/Sofia, 260 km]; İzmir [izmir-TR, TR, Europe/Istanbul, 328 km]; Ankara [ankara-TR, TR, Europe/Istanbul, 352 km]; Plovdiv [plovdiv-BG, BG, Europe/Sofia, 372 km]; Sector 3 [sector-3-RO, RO, Europe/Bucharest, 442 km]; Bucharest [bucharest-RO, RO, Europe/Bucharest, 445 km]
Istanbul is part of this indexed country cluster: Istanbul [istanbul-TR, Europe/Istanbul, pop 15,701,602]; Ankara [ankara-TR, Europe/Istanbul, pop 3,517,182]; Bursa [bursa-TR, Europe/Istanbul, pop 3,101,833]; İzmir [izmir-TR, Europe/Istanbul, pop 2,938,292].
London 2,498 km; Dubai 2,997 km; New York 8,068 km; Singapore 8,644 km; Tokyo 8,945 km; São Paulo 10,582 km; Los Angeles 11,018 km; Sydney 14,949 km
ISL İstanbul Atatürk Airport in Istanbul(Bakırköy) [TR, 12 km]; SAW Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Pendik, Istanbul [TR, 33 km]; IST İstanbul Airport in Istanbul [TR, 34 km]; ADB Adnan Menderes International Airport in Gaziemir [TR, 339 km]; ESB Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara [TR, 356 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include ADA Adana Şakirpaşa Airport in Seyhan [TR]; ADB Adnan Menderes International Airport in Gaziemir [TR]; ASR Kayseri Erkilet International Airport in Kayseri [TR]; COV Çukurova International Airport in Tarsus [TR]; ESB Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara [TR]; GZT Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport in Gaziantep [TR]; ISL İstanbul Atatürk Airport in Istanbul(Bakırköy) [TR]; IST İstanbul Airport in Istanbul [TR]; NAV Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport in Nevşehir [TR]; SAW Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Pendik, Istanbul [TR].
Istanbul renders Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3; GMT+3 at UTC+03:00; January UTC+03:00; July UTC+03:00; next holiday Democracy and National Unity Day on 2026-07-15.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Istanbul.
Istanbul is a manual-dossier city; rank #1 of 4 retained Türkiye city pages. The route is /time/turkey/istanbul/ and the city id is istanbul-TR.
Istanbul has 16 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Istanbul is pinned at 41.01°N, 28.95°E; Bursa (91 km); London (2,498 km).
Europe/Istanbul resolves to stable UTC+03:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Türkiye.
ISL İstanbul Atatürk Airport (12 km) · Democracy and National Unity Day (Wednesday, July 15, 2026) · 10 country airport references · 7 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Istanbul uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Istanbul: 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.
Turkey kept summer time permanently from September 2016, abolishing winter clock changes and remaining at UTC+3 year-round.
Turkey kept summer time permanently from September 2016, abolishing winter clock changes and remaining at UTC+3 year-round.
Turkey abolished seasonal clock changes in 2016 and stays on UTC+3 year-round. The local UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Istanbul is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours ahead of UTC (offset +03:00). 2 hours ahead of London, 6 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 28.95°, Istanbul's mean solar noon falls about 1 hour 4 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 19 (15h 8m)
Shortest day
Dec 19 (9h 13m)
Year-round average
12h 12m
Annual swing
5h 55m
See the full daylight curve for Istanbul at /sun/istanbul/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Istanbul local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Istanbul |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 16:00 - 00:00 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 11:00 - 19:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 06:30 - 14:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 03:00 - 11:00 |
Public holidays in 2026
7
Istanbul is the largest city of Türkiye with about 15.7 million residents, the most populous city in Europe by city-proper population and one of only a handful of cities in the world that straddle two continents (Europe and Asia, divided by the Bosphorus). Turkey Time (TRT, UTC+3) is fixed year-round with no daylight saving since 2016. The city was the capital of three successive empires — Roman/Byzantine (as Constantinople from 330 CE), Latin (1204-1261), and Ottoman (1453-1922) — and Ankara replaced it as the capital of the Turkish Republic in 1923. The Historic Areas of Istanbul (including Hagia Sophia, the Topkapı Palace, and the Sultanahmet Mosque) are inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Istanbul Airport, opened in 2018, is one of the busiest airports in the world by international passenger traffic.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-11 (manual).
Reference fields include Istanbul's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 01:46:24 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Istanbul (UTC+03:00, TRT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:33 AM to 08:30 PM
Day length 14h 57m · Solar noon 01:02 PM
Next country holiday
Democracy and National Unity Day
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Istanbul local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
15.7M
Coordinates
41.01, 28.95
Timezone
Europe/Istanbul
Indexed airports
10
Capital
Ankara
Languages
Turkish
Currency
TRY (₺)
Country area
783,562 km²
Istanbul, Türkiye (population rank #1 in this dataset). Time zone: Europe/Istanbul (TRT, UTC+03:00); population ~15.7M.
Coordinates: 41.01°N, 28.95°E. Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, ~4553 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:33 AM and sets around 08:30 PM in Istanbul — about 14h 57m of daylight. Türkiye stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Bursa (91 km from Istanbul) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 10 curated airport pages indexed for Türkiye.
Next national holiday: Democracy and National Unity Day, 2026-07-15.
Istanbul is indexed as a Asia city in the TR country record, using Europe/Istanbul as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/turkey/istanbul/.
Location context: 41.01°N, 28.95°E; population 15,701,602; nearest indexed city Bursa is about 91 km away; closest reference hub is London, about 2,498 km away.
Country planning context: capital Ankara; subregion Western Asia; languages Turkish; currency TRY (₺); area 783,562 km²; 10 curated airport references; next holiday Democracy and National Unity Day on 2026-07-15.
Turkey kept summer time permanently from September 2016, abolishing winter clock changes and remaining at UTC+3 year-round.
Turkey abolished seasonal clock changes in 2016 and stays on UTC+3 year-round. The local UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Istanbul is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours ahead of UTC (offset +03:00). 2 hours ahead of London, 6 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 28.95°, Istanbul's mean solar noon falls about 1 hour 4 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Istanbul sits at 41.01°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 14 hours 57 minutes on the June solstice and about 9 hours 3 minutes on the December solstice.
Megacity with roughly 15.7 million urban residents — among the largest metropolitan areas in the world.
Related clock anchors for Istanbul: Ankara (same time), San Francisco (−10h), Los Angeles (−10h), New York City (−7h), Tokyo (+6h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
turkey
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
TRT
IANA Zone
Europe/Istanbul
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
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 time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Istanbul: closest hubs London (~2,498 km), Dubai (~2,997 km), New York (~8,068 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~14,949 km).
Istanbul sits inside Türkiye — the Western Asia subregion, capital Ankara, languages Turkish, currency TRY (₺).
Closest indexed cities to Istanbul: Bursa (91 km), Burgas (206 km), Varna (260 km), İzmir (328 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Istanbul: Democracy and National Unity Day, Victory Day, Republic Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Türkiye.
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
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:46 AM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:46 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:46 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:46 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:46 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:46 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:46 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:46 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Istanbul is in the Europe/Istanbul timezone (TRT), with a UTC offset of +03:00.
Istanbul does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+03:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Istanbul is UTC+03:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Istanbul, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Istanbul sits at 41.01°N, 28.95°E in Türkiye, 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.
Bursa is the closest indexed city, roughly 91 km from Istanbul.
İstanbul Atatürk Airport (ISL) is the closest curated airport reference, about 12 km from Istanbul.
Democracy and National Unity Day is the next upcoming holiday in Türkiye, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
Istanbul uses Turkish lira (TRY, symbol ₺) as the local currency of Türkiye.
The longest day of 2026 in Istanbul falls on Jun 19 with about 15h 8m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 19 with 9h 13m; the year-round average is 12h 12m.
In Istanbul local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 16:00-00:00 (next day); London 11:00-19:00; Frankfurt 10:00-18:00; Dubai 08:00-16:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.