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MSK to EST Converter

Enter a date and a Moscow time to see the time in New York, Washington, Miami or Toronto. Moscow keeps one offset all year; the tool applies EST or EDT for the US side.

Moscow Time

MSKMoscow Time

ESTEastern Time

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What is the time difference between MSK and EST?

Moscow is 8 hours ahead of New York in the US winter and 7 hours ahead in the US summer. Subtract that gap from a Moscow time to get Eastern Time.

MSK
UTC+3, all year
EST
UTC−5, winter
EDT
UTC−4, summer

Moscow to Eastern Time table

MSK timeMSK · ESTMSK · EDT
12:00 AM4:00 PM−1 previous day5:00 PM−1 previous day
1:00 AM5:00 PM−1 previous day6:00 PM−1 previous day
2:00 AM6:00 PM−1 previous day7:00 PM−1 previous day
3:00 AM7:00 PM−1 previous day8:00 PM−1 previous day
4:00 AM8:00 PM−1 previous day9:00 PM−1 previous day
5:00 AM9:00 PM−1 previous day10:00 PM−1 previous day
6:00 AM10:00 PM−1 previous day11:00 PM−1 previous day
7:00 AM11:00 PM−1 previous day12:00 AM
8:00 AM12:00 AM1:00 AM
9:00 AM1:00 AM2:00 AM
10:00 AM2:00 AM3:00 AM
11:00 AM3:00 AM4:00 AM
12:00 PM4:00 AM5:00 AM
1:00 PM5:00 AM6:00 AM
2:00 PM6:00 AM7:00 AM
3:00 PM7:00 AM8:00 AM
4:00 PM8:00 AM9:00 AM
5:00 PM9:00 AM10:00 AM
6:00 PM10:00 AM11:00 AM
7:00 PM11:00 AM12:00 PM
8:00 PM12:00 PM1:00 PM
9:00 PM1:00 PM2:00 PM
10:00 PM2:00 PM3:00 PM
11:00 PM3:00 PM4:00 PM
Every Moscow hour with the US Eastern time in both seasons. Times before 8:00 AM in Moscow (7:00 AM in US summer) are still on the previous day in New York.

Moscow time no longer moves

Russia stopped changing its clocks in 2011 and spent three years on a permanent summer offset of UTC+4. In October 2014 Moscow moved back one hour to UTC+3 and has stayed there ever since, with no seasonal changes. The IANA time zone database records this history, which is why older printed tables may give a different gap.

All of today's variation comes from the US side, where clocks go forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November (US Department of Transportation).

  1. Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 8, 2026MSK UTC+3 · EST UTC−5Difference: −8 h
  2. Mar 8, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026MSK UTC+3 · EDT UTC−4Difference: −7 h
  3. Nov 1, 2026 – Mar 14, 2027MSK UTC+3 · EST UTC−5Difference: −8 h
  4. Mar 14, 2027 – Nov 7, 2027MSK UTC+3 · EDT UTC−4Difference: −7 h
  5. Nov 7, 2027 – Jan 1, 2028MSK UTC+3 · EST UTC−5Difference: −8 h

Offsets in 2026 – 2027, from the IANA time zone data in your browser's engine

Working hours between Moscow and the East Coast

The two working days overlap for an hour or two. When New York opens at 9:00 AM it is 5:00 PM in Moscow during EST and 4:00 PM during EDT, so the US morning meets the Moscow late afternoon. Anything later in the New York day lands in the Moscow evening.

If your contact is outside the capital, check the city: Saint Petersburg uses Moscow time, but Yekaterinburg is two hours ahead of it and Vladivostok seven. For Europe, compare with CET to EST; the Washington, DC and Toronto clocks show the US side live.

MSK to EST questions

How many hours ahead of New York is Moscow?

Moscow is 8 hours ahead of New York while the US is on EST and 7 hours ahead while it is on EDT, from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November.

What is 6:00 PM in Moscow in New York?

It is 10:00 AM in New York on EST and 11:00 AM on EDT, the same day.

Does Moscow change its clocks?

No. Moscow has stayed on UTC+3 all year since October 2014, with no summer time.

Is all of Russia on Moscow time?

No. Russia spans eleven time zones. Moscow time covers the capital and much of European Russia; cities further east are several hours ahead.

When can Moscow and New York overlap in office hours?

Roughly 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in New York, which is late afternoon in Moscow.