Time zone
UTC+3
53 atlas cities
All these cities share a single civil clock, yet solar noon arrives at different moments across them. Most, from Istanbul and Moscow through the Turkish, Iraqi, and East African cities, lie west enough of the zone's meridian that the sun peaks after clock noon. Only Riyadh, Mogadishu, Al Başrah al Qadīmah, and Antananarivo sit east enough for the sun to peak before it.
Atlas cities53
Longitude span27.1° to 51.5°
Solar meridian45.0°where this offset would be exact
When the sun actually peaks
| City | Country | Solar noon | Clock vs sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| İzmir | TR | 13:11 | +1.19 h |
| Minsk | BY | 13:10 | +1.16 h |
| Istanbul | TR | 13:04 | +1.07 h |
| Bursa | TR | 13:04 | +1.06 h |
| Saint Petersburg | RU | 12:59 | +0.98 h |
| Antalya | TR | 12:57 | +0.95 h |
| Konya | TR | 12:50 | +0.83 h |
| Kampala | UG | 12:50 | +0.83 h |
| Ankara | TR | 12:49 | +0.81 h |
| Mwanza | TZ | 12:48 | +0.81 h |
| Kakamega | KE | 12:41 | +0.68 h |
| Adana | TR | 12:39 | +0.64 h |
| Kayseri | TR | 12:38 | +0.63 h |
| Dodoma | TZ | 12:37 | +0.62 h |
| Amman | JO | 12:36 | +0.60 h |
| Damascus | SY | 12:35 | +0.58 h |
| Nairobi | KE | 12:33 | +0.55 h |
| Aleppo | SY | 12:31 | +0.52 h |
| Gaziantep | TR | 12:30 | +0.51 h |
| Moscow | RU | 12:30 | +0.49 h |
| Addis Ababa | ET | 12:25 | +0.42 h |
| Asmara | ER | 12:24 | +0.40 h |
| Jeddah | SA | 12:23 | +0.39 h |
| Voronezh | RU | 12:23 | +0.39 h |
| Dar es Salaam | TZ | 12:23 | +0.38 h |
| Madinah | SA | 12:22 | +0.36 h |
| Mombasa | KE | 12:21 | +0.36 h |
| Rostov-on-Don | RU | 12:21 | +0.35 h |
| Makkah | SA | 12:21 | +0.34 h |
| Diyarbakır | TR | 12:19 | +0.32 h |
| Al Mawşil al Jadīdah | IQ | 12:08 | +0.13 h |
| Mosul | IQ | 12:08 | +0.13 h |
| Djibouti | DJ | 12:07 | +0.12 h |
| Moroni | KM | 12:07 | +0.12 h |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | RU | 12:04 | +0.07 h |
| Erbil | IQ | 12:04 | +0.07 h |
| Karbala | IQ | 12:04 | +0.07 h |
| Sanaa | YE | 12:03 | +0.05 h |
| Kirkuk | IQ | 12:02 | +0.04 h |
| Baghdad | IQ | 12:02 | +0.04 h |
| Sadr City | IQ | 12:02 | +0.04 h |
| Volgograd | RU | 12:02 | +0.03 h |
| Aden | YE | 11:00 | -0.00 h |
| Mogadishu | SO | 11:59 | -0.02 h |
| Riyadh | SA | 11:53 | -0.11 h |
| Antananarivo | MG | 11:50 | -0.17 h |
| Basrah | IQ | 11:49 | -0.19 h |
| Al Başrah al Qadīmah | IQ | 11:49 | -0.19 h |
| Kuwait City | KW | 11:48 | -0.20 h |
| Kazan | RU | 11:44 | -0.27 h |
| Dammam | SA | 11:40 | -0.34 h |
| Manama | BH | 11:38 | -0.37 h |
| Doha | QA | 11:34 | -0.44 h |
A positive figure means the clock runs ahead of the sun — midday on the clock arrives before the sun reaches its highest point.