Current time in Novosibirsk, Russia
The current local time in Novosibirsk is shown below. Novosibirsk observes NOVT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Novosibirsk does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Novosibirsk
- Standard abbreviation
- NOVT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Novosibirsk?
Novosibirsk keeps UTC+7, four hours ahead of Moscow, roughly at the longitudinal centre of the vast Russian landmass. It shares the offset with much of central Siberia and with Bangkok and Jakarta far to the south. Russia abolished daylight saving in the years around 2011, and the city has held a fixed offset since; it briefly sat on UTC+6 before being shifted back to UTC+7 in 2016 to better match its solar time and its regional neighbours.
What are the working hours in Novosibirsk?
Industry, transport, and a substantial scientific and academic sector, anchored by Akademgorodok and its institutes and technology companies, shape the working economy. The working day runs broadly 09:00 to 18:00 on weekdays. The four-hour lead on Moscow means the Siberian working day is well advanced by the time the capital starts, so businesses dealing with European Russia front-load their mornings. The main closures follow the Russian national and Orthodox calendar, including the long New Year holidays at the start of January, when much of the country pauses for a week or more.
Where is Novosibirsk?
Novosibirsk stands on the Ob River in south-western Siberia, the third most populous city in Russia, with around 1.6 million people. A young city by Russian standards, it grew up around the Trans-Siberian Railway bridge built in the 1890s and expanded rapidly through the twentieth century into the industrial and scientific capital of Siberia. Just outside it lies Akademgorodok, a purpose-built town of research institutes that became one of the Soviet Union's leading centres of science.