Moscow Time to Philippine Time Zone Converter

You’re in Moscow. 

You need to hire someone in the Philippines. And you’re wondering what time it will be for them when you’re working.

Unlike US companies that force Filipino remote workers into brutal graveyard shifts, Moscow-based teams have something most don’t realize they have.

A pretty reasonable overlap window.

Moscow Standard Time runs on UTC+3. Philippine Time runs on UTC+8.

That’s a stable 5-hour difference. All year. No daylight saving nonsense on either side.

Complete Hour-by-Hour Conversion: Moscow to Manila

Here’s every single hour of the Moscow day and what time it is in the Philippines.

Save this table. Screenshot it. Reference it when you’re scheduling anything with your remote team.

Daylight Saving Time: Does It Affect MSK to PHT?

Short answer: No.

Neither Moscow nor the Philippines observes daylight saving time.

Moscow permanently stays on UTC+3 year-round. The Philippines permanently stays on UTC+8 year-round.

That means the 5-hour difference never changes.

No spring forward. No fall back. No confusion twice a year about whether meetings shifted an hour.

MSK to PHT Conversion with Daylight Saving (For Reference)

Since neither location uses DST, there’s only one conversion table needed.

This is honestly one of the best things about the Moscow to Manila timezone relationship.

You set your meeting schedule once and it stays consistent.

Compare that to hiring from the US, where half the year you’re dealing with PDT (UTC-7) and the other half PST (UTC-8), and you’re constantly recalculating overlap windows.

Three Schedule Models That Actually Work

You’ve got options here depending on what kind of role you’re hiring for.

Full Moscow Alignment (9 AM–6 PM MSK / 2 PM–11 PM PHT)

This is the “always on” model.

Your remote worker follows your exact Moscow schedule, which puts them at 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM Manila time.

Good for:

• Customer support roles covering EMEA hours
• Sales teams working European time zones
• High-touch internal ops where you need constant back-and-forth

The reality: Your remote worker is consistently working late evenings. They’re wrapping up at 11:00 PM, which means dinner is rushed and social life takes a hit.

Partial Overlap (8 AM–12 PM MSK / 1 PM–5 PM PHT)

This is the balanced model.

You get a solid 4-hour block where both sides are online at the same time, and the rest of the day runs async.

Good for:

• Creative roles (design, writing, video editing)
• Development work
• Back-office tasks (bookkeeping, data entry, admin)

The reality: Your remote worker keeps a relatively normal Philippine afternoon schedule. You get your mornings in Moscow for deep work and meetings with local teams, then spend afternoons collaborating live with Manila.

Philippine Daytime with Async Handoff (9 AM–5 PM PHT / 4 AM–12 PM MSK)

This is the “minimal overlap” model.

Your remote worker keeps a standard 9-to-5 Philippine schedule, which is 4:00 AM to 12:00 PM Moscow time.

Good for:

• Reporting and analytics
• Content creation
• Social media management
• Any role where output matters more than live availability

The reality: You’re mostly working at different hours. Your remote worker queues up finished work before you start your Moscow day, and you leave them tasks before you wrap up in the evening.

There’s maybe a 1-2 hour window in the late morning (Moscow) / late afternoon (Manila) where you can catch each other for quick syncs.

This only works if you’re okay with next-day turnarounds and you’ve built strong SOPs so your remote worker isn’t blocked waiting for answers.

But for many founders and small teams, this is actually the least stressful model because nobody’s stretching into uncomfortable hours.

Final Thoughts

MSK to PHT is a 5-hour gap. Always. No daylight saving complications.

If you run a standard 9-to-6 Moscow schedule, your Filipino remote worker will be on 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM Manila time.

That’s late, but not brutal.

The best collaboration window is 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Moscow (1:00 PM to 6:00 PM Manila).

And if you design roles around async work, you can give your remote workers normal Philippine daytime hours while still getting great output.

The timezone math is simple. The scheduling is predictable. And the working relationship can be sustainable if you build it right from the start.