Prayer Times in Istanbul, Turkey

The prayer day in Istanbul

Istanbul sits at an awkward spot inside its timezone, and the prayer times show it. Solar noon here falls about 48 minutes after twelve o'clock, so Dhuhr lands at 12:48 pm rather than just past midday, and the rest of the afternoon shifts with it.

Through the year

Istanbul sees a large seasonal spread — very early summer Fajr times, a very late Isha, then a tightly packed winter day. The month view below is the reliable way to keep track.

Nearby cities

Turkey has 8 other cities covered on this site. It is worth switching to the right one when you travel — a few hundred kilometres east or west moves Fajr and Maghrib by a noticeable margin.

Qibla from Istanbul

From this city the direction is south-south-east, or 152° if you prefer the number. Makkah is around 2,406 kilometres (1,495 miles) away in a straight line.

How the times are worked out

These times follow Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Methods differ mainly over Fajr and Isha, because each authority settles on a slightly different angle of the sun below the horizon — a few minutes either way is normal. Asr here follows the Hanafi reckoning, which places it noticeably later in the afternoon than the other schools would. Where your local mosque differs, follow the mosque — that is the timetable the congregation keeps.

From Fajr to Isha

Fajr opens the day at 5:57 am, well before first light. The window stays open until sunrise, 7:32 am. Dhuhr 12:48 pm, Asr 4:21 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 6:03 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 7:33 pm. That gives Istanbul roughly 10 hours and 31 minutes of daylight today.

The last third of the night

Between Isha at 7:33 pm and Fajr at 5:57 am there are about 10 hours and 24 minutes. If you pray tahajjud, the final third of that stretch is the one to aim for; counting backwards from Fajr is the easier way to locate it.

Ramadan timings

Suhoor closes at 5:57 am in Istanbul, with iftar at 6:03 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 6 minutes, going by today's figures. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

Questions people ask

This page rebuilds itself daily for Istanbul — the times are always the current ones.