Current time in Halifax, Canada
Atlantic Time
UTC−03:00- Time zone
- Atlantic Time · America/Halifax
- UTC offset now
- UTC−03:00 ADT
- Abbreviation
- AST / ADT
- Daylight saving
- Forward the second Sunday in March at 02:00, back the first Sunday in November at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 (ADT → AST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Nova Scotia, Canada · 44.64° N, 63.58° W
- Population
- 471,559
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Halifax at about 12:14 standard time: the clock runs about 14 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:58 and 13:25 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:17 | 19:26 | 12h 09m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:29 | 21:03 | 15h 34m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 07:01 | 19:11 | 12h 10m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:48 | 16:36 | 8h 49m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:09–18:58 (11 h 49 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Moncton · 190 km
- Sydney · 310 km
- Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon · 620 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Montréal · 790 km · clock 1 h behind
- St. John's · 900 km · clock 30 min ahead
- The Bronx, United States · 940 km · clock 1 h behind
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Hamilton, Bermuda · 1,380 km