Current time in Sydney, Canada
Atlantic Time
UTC−03:00- Time zone
- Atlantic Time · America/Glace_Bay
- 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 · 46.14° N, 60.18° W
- Population
- 105,968
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Sydney at about 12:01 standard time: the clock runs about 1 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:44 and 13:11 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:03 | 19:13 | 12h 10m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:09 | 20:55 | 15h 46m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:47 | 18:58 | 12h 11m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:40 | 16:17 | 8h 37m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:56–18:44 (11 h 48 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
- Halifax · 310 km
- Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon · 310 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Moncton · 360 km
- St. John's · 590 km · clock 30 min ahead
- Montréal · 1,040 km · clock 1 h behind
- Ottawa · 1,200 km · clock 1 h behind
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Hamilton, Bermuda · 1,590 km