Yekaterinburg uses Asia/Yekaterinburg — UTC+05:00 (+05) in standard time. It is located in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Yekaterinburg's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Yekaterinburg uses UTC+05:00 in standard time. This is the offset used outside the daylight saving period.
This zone does not observe daylight saving time and stays on UTC+05:00 year-round.
The official IANA time zone name for Yekaterinburg is Asia/Yekaterinburg. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
Chelyabinsk, Ufa, Perm
Currency: Russian Ruble (RUB). Calling code: +7. Languages: Russian.
Yekaterinburg, alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (1924–1991), is the administrative centre and largest city of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia.
The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Yekaterinburg is the fourth most populous city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural Federal District, and one of Russia's main cultural and industrial centres.
Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of its economy, culture, transportation and tourism, behind Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Yekaterinburg was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after the Orthodox name of Catherine I – Russian: Екатерина I, romanized: Yekaterina I – , the wife of Russian Emperor Peter the Great. The city served as the mining capital of the Russian Empire as well as a strategic connection between Europe and Asia.
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Yekaterinburg. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
1,495,066 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
Asia/Yekaterinburg · UTC+05:00 (+05).
No daylight saving time.
Russian Ruble (RUB) · +7.
Chelyabinsk, Perm, Ufa
Koltsovo Airport (SVX) about 17.1 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 7.2°C and lows -1.0°C. Warmest month: June (average high 23.8°C); coolest month: January (average low -20.3°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Yekaterinburg is one of the largest economic centres in Russia. It is included in the City-600 list (it unites the 600 largest cities in the world that produce 60% of global GDP), compiled by the McKinsey Global Institute, a research organisation. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Sverdlovsk Oblast · IANA zone: Asia/Yekaterinburg · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
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Note on DST transitions: The offsets shown above reflect the current live offset, which changes twice a year due to Daylight Saving Time. Different regions change their clocks on different dates, which means the difference between Yekaterinburg and another city can vary by 1 hour for a short period in spring and autumn. Always verify the exact time difference around DST transition dates for critical scheduling.
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