It is 03:38 on Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Istanbul, Türkiye. The city runs on UTC+3, which puts it 6 hours ahead of Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Istanbul
Istanbul follows the Europe/Istanbul time zone (this zone has no widely used letter abbreviation). Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+3.
Istanbul does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC+3 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 6 hours. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Istanbul.
Time difference between Brasília and Istanbul
To convert, take Brasília time and add 6 hours; when the sum passes midnight, the date in Istanbul is already the next day. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Istanbul is 06:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 18:00 (previous day) in Brasília. Because Istanbul is ahead, its calendar date is one day later than in Brasília from 18:00 until midnight Brasília time. Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Istanbul (UTC+3) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 12:00 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 (next day) |
| 21:00 | 03:00 (next day) |
Best time to call Istanbul from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 09:00 to 12:00 in Brasília, which is 15:00 to 18:00 in Istanbul. That is only 3 hours, so one or two slots a day are all you get; confirm the time in advance.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Istanbul today
Today the Sun rises in Istanbul at 07:02 and sets at 18:43 local time, a daylight span of 11h 40min, with solar noon at 12:53. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Istanbul?
Istanbul is at 41.02° N, 28.97° E (country: Türkiye). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.