Tunisia annually collects its harvest from tourists, more precisely, tourists. Indeed, in general, lovers of all kinds of coatings and wraps, called the tricky word "thalassotherapy", are the fair sex. “Sea cure” is Tunisia’s chip. The rest here is also not bad - beautiful beaches, an interesting excursion program, breathtaking and mysterious spirit of Arab Africa.
Tunisia has become popular with tourists from Russia relatively recently. Compared to Egypt, there is a rather poor hotel base, but many authentic beauties and, of course, the notorious thalassotherapy. How I want to quickly call home and tell how miraculous her sessions are! But what is the time difference with Tunisia? Do you wake up, do not disturb your loved ones with too early or too late calls? In this article, we will try to understand the intricacies of time zones.
What is UTC?
Our entire planet is divided into time zones. Since the Earth rotates on its axis from west to east, we see in the sky the movement of our luminary in the opposite direction. Consequently, regions located much east of us meet the sun earlier, and the western ones, respectively, later. Before we calculate the time difference with Tunisia, let's figure out what the abbreviation UTC is.
To determine the starting point, mankind established the initial meridian - zero, or Greenwich (since the conditional line passes through this town in the UK). The abbreviation UTC can be translated into Russian as “Coordinated Universal Time”. In the UK, this is UTC-0. Thus, all countries east of England have a “+” sign, and those west are “minus”. For example, in London it is one in the afternoon, in Germany at this moment two in the afternoon, in Kiev - three. At the same time, New York is only eight in the morning, since the time zone of the US east coast is UTC-5.
Russia - Tunisia: time difference
To answer this question, you need to find out where these countries are located relative to Greenwich, that is, UTC 0. Many people think that Africa is terribly far, just another planet. Yes, the mainland and the country of interest to us, washed by the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, are located much south of Russia. But in determining the time difference with Tunisia, this should not concern us. The only thing that interests us is how far west the African country is located from Russia, as well as its location relative to England.
If you look at the map, Tunisia lies almost on the same meridian with the British Isles. But if we consider that the African country belongs to UTC 0, then we are mistaken. Meridian is not always decisive in the appointment of the time zone. There are other factors, for example, political ones. The idea of the unity of the power makes many countries “stretch” the time zone to those of their territories that lie to the west or east. So, Kaliningrad lives in Moscow time. And Spain, sometimes located west of the UK, lies in the European time zone. So what is the time difference between Russia and Tunisia? Let's calculate.
Simple arithmetic
If you know the UTC of two locations, then determining the time difference between them is simple. Tunisia is a small country that fits entirely within the same time zone. This is UTC +1. Russia is a huge country, and there are as many as nine time zones in it. The westernmost part of Russia, where the so-called "Moscow time" operates (but it also refers to Saudi Arabia, the Horn of Africa and Madagascar), lies in UTC +3. Now it is easy to determine how many hours separate the western part of Russia and Tunisia.
The time difference is determined by a simple arithmetic operation: 3 - 1 = 2. Thus, Tunisia is two hours behind Moscow. When it’s noon in the Russian capital, it’s only ten in the morning in Hammamet or Djerba. An even greater time difference with Tunisia in the eastern regions of Russia. Yekaterinburg has four hours, Omsk and Krasnoyarsk have six, Irkutsk has eight, Vladivostok has ten, and Kamchatka has eleven.
Winter and summer time difference with Tunisia
European countries are moving the timepiece an hour ahead on the last Sunday of March. Until the end of October, the so-called "summer time" takes effect. Therefore, during this period, Moscow lives in the same time zone as Kiev. And between the capital of the Russian Federation and the cities of Western Europe, which, like Tunisia, are in UTC + 1, there is only 60 minutes of difference. But summer time is introduced only in the northern countries. Tunisia does not translate the clock, as does Moscow (Russia). Therefore, the time difference (two hours) between them is always the same and does not depend on the season.