Current time in Toronto, Canada
Eastern Time
UTC−04:00- Time zone
- Eastern Time · America/Toronto
- UTC offset now
- UTC−04:00 EDT
- Abbreviation
- EST / EDT
- 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 (EDT → EST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Ontario, Canada · 43.71° N, 79.40° W
- Population
- 2,794,356
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Toronto at about 12:18 standard time: the clock runs about 18 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:01 and 13:28 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:20 | 19:30 | 12h 09m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:35 | 21:03 | 15h 27m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 07:04 | 19:14 | 12h 10m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:48 | 16:43 | 8h 55m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:12–19:02 (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
- Detroit, United States · 330 km
- Ottawa · 350 km
- Montréal · 500 km
- Philadelphia, United States · 550 km
- The Bronx, United States · 550 km
- New York City, United States · 560 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Detroit, United States · 330 km
- Philadelphia, United States · 550 km
- The Bronx, United States · 550 km
- New York City, United States · 560 km
- Washington, United States · 570 km
- Indianapolis, United States · 710 km