🇬🇷 Heraklion, Greece
14
- Eastern European Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 06:46 · 🌙 17:22 · 10 h 35 min
Heraklion to Istanbul: time difference
Istanbul is 1 h ahead of Heraklion. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Heraklion 13:46 1:46 PM Istanbul 14:46 2:46 PM You –:–
13:46 1:46 PM
Eastern European Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:46 · 🌙 17:22
14:46 2:46 PM
Türkiye Standard Time · UTC+3
☀️ 07:41 · 🌙 17:56
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+1 h
Istanbul is 1 h ahead of Heraklion.
When you, Heraklion and Istanbul are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇬🇷 Heraklion
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇹🇷 Istanbul
1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇬🇷 Heraklion | 🇹🇷 Istanbul |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 13:46 | 14:46 |
| Local date | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Friday, November 6, 2026 |
| Time zone | Eastern European Standard Time | Türkiye Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+3 |
| Offset from Heraklion | — | +1 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/Athens | Europe/Istanbul |
| Daylight saving | On standard time → UTC+3, Mar 28, 04:00 | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:46 | 07:41 |
| Sunset | 17:22 | 17:56 |
| Daylight | 10 h 35 min | 10 h 15 min |
| People on this clock | 140,730 | 15,701,602 |
Compare Heraklion with another city
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Big time differences
Heraklion and Istanbul: common questions
How far ahead of Heraklion is Istanbul?
Istanbul is 1 hour ahead of Heraklion: UTC+3 against UTC+2.
If it is 9:00 AM in Heraklion, what time is it in Istanbul?
At 9:00 AM in Heraklion, clocks in Istanbul show 10:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Heraklion, what time is it in Istanbul?
At 6:00 PM in Heraklion, clocks in Istanbul show 7:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Istanbul from Heraklion?
Between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Heraklion – that is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Istanbul – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it already the next day in Istanbul?
From 11:00 PM in Heraklion it is already the next day in Istanbul. The other way round, until 1:00 AM in Istanbul it is still the previous day in Heraklion.
Does the time difference between Heraklion and Istanbul change?
Yes. The clocks change only in Heraklion. From March 28, 2027, Istanbul and Heraklion will have the same time.
