Time difference between Stockholm and Istanbul

The gap is not the same all year

Every converter gives one number for this pair. That number is right for most of the year and wrong for part of it, because Stockholm goes forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October and Istanbul does not change its clocks.

Istanbul stays put all year while Stockholm moves, so a meeting fixed in Istanbul's calendar shifts by an hour twice a year at Stockholm's end.

About Stockholm and Istanbul

Sweden is on Central European Time and far enough north that the offset is the least of the scheduling problem: midsummer daylight runs past midnight in the north of the country and December sun barely clears the horizon.

Türkiye abandoned daylight saving in 2016 and fixed the clocks at UTC+3 permanently, so it is on what used to be its summer time all year. Winter mornings in Istanbul are correspondingly dark, and the gap to Europe changes twice a year from Europe's side alone.

What 1 hour actually costs you

This is an easy pair. 7 hours of the working day are shared, which is enough for a standing meeting at a time neither side has to think about. 9:00 AM–4:00 PM in Stockholm lands inside office hours at both ends.

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in both cities overlaps for 7 hours — 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Stockholm, the same moment as 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Istanbul.

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How far apart Stockholm and Istanbul are

The shortest path over the Earth's surface between the two is 2,174 km (1,351 miles). That is a short flight — about 3 hours 5 minutes in the air along that line.

A gap of 1 hour is small enough that most people adjust within a day or two, and short enough that it rarely disrupts a trip.

Stockholm to Istanbul, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 1 hour.

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