Bursa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.1667, 29.0833
- Population
- 3 101 833
- Region
- Bursa Province
- Country
- Turkey, Asia
- Capital
- Ankara — 322 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
Find the live local time in Bursa, Turkey, and view the city’s sunrise, sunset, and weather. The combined information is useful for scheduling calls, planning transport, choosing outdoor hours, and understanding how much daylight remains.
Bursa, Turkey
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
Local time in Bursa
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
Sunrise 06:35 Solar noon 13:04 Sunset 19:33 Daylight 12 h 58 min Night 11 h 02 min Civil twilight 06:07 – 20:01
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Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
The updating clock answers the immediate time question for Bursa. Since it reflects the city’s current civil time, you do not need to calculate from a timestamp that may already be several minutes or hours old.
When another country is involved, confirm the difference for the actual meeting date. Time rules are set by jurisdictions and can change independently, so the relationship between Bursa and an overseas city should not be treated as an unchanging mental shortcut.
A calendar invitation can reduce confusion when it contains the correct time-zone setting. In an ordinary message, write the appointment in Bursa time and in the recipient’s local time, with the date stated clearly.
A vague appointment has its own time zone: slightly later than one person expects and earlier than the other hoped.
Bursa’s sunrise and sunset indicate when the sun crosses the horizon on the selected date. Seasonal movement changes these moments and the total length of daylight, which is why a familiar summer routine may not fit another part of the year.
Use the daylight values for practical tasks such as: estimating the light available for a journey; choosing when to visit an outdoor location; timing photographs near the beginning or end of the day; planning a walk with a comfortable margin before darkness;
deciding whether an early departure requires lighting. Some natural light appears before sunrise and remains after sunset. Local terrain and buildings can hide the sun even while it is technically above the horizon. Clouds may further soften or reduce the apparent light, so the listed time is a reference rather than a promise of brightness.
Weather determines whether a promising hour is also a practical one. Examine the reported temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud. A mild reading does not necessarily mean an exposed place will feel calm, and a dry current observation does not rule out rain later.
Match the forecast period to your activity. If you plan to stay outside from afternoon into evening, review the conditions throughout that interval rather than looking at a single point. Changing temperature after sunset may affect clothing and comfort.
Local variations remain possible within and around the city. Higher, lower, sheltered, and open locations do not always experience conditions in precisely the same way. Refresh the forecast near departure and heed official alerts whenever they apply.