Rize in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.0208, 40.5219
- Population
- 119 828
- Region
- Rize Province
- Country
- Turkey, Asia
- Capital
- Ankara — 660 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rize, Rize Province, Turkey
This page shows the current local time in Rize, Rize Province, Turkey, in the Europe/Istanbul time zone (+3).
Rize, Turkey
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
Local time in Rize
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
Rize keeps Europe/Istanbul clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 12:03 PM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 5:56 PM
Weather in Rize right now
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Rize and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 53020
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.
Largest cities in Rize Province
Other places named Rize
- Rize Tibet, China
- Rize Tibet, China
- Rize Tibet, China
- Rize Hadjer-Lamis, Chad
- Rize Rize Province, Turkey
Same time zone — Europe/Istanbul
Nearby places
- Ciftekavak — 3.9 km
- Camidagi — 4.0 km
- Cinciva — 4.0 km
- Uzunkoy — 4.1 km
- Topkaya — 4.6 km
- Zincirlikopru — 4.6 km
Rize: clock, sun and surroundings
Rize spans 1 postal code.
Rize carries the Europe/Istanbul zone, offset UTC+3. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
Morning light reaches Rize at 6:39 AM, and the sun sets at 5:28 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 49 min.
Ciftekavak and Cinciva are close to Rize and observe the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Rize?
- Time in Rize follows the Europe/Istanbul time zone, with an offset of +3.
- Does the time in Rize shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Rize?
- Yes, it is 5:28 PM.