Departure Bay in numbers
- Coordinates
- 49.2021, -123.9760
- Population
- 6 540
- Region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 3602 km away
What time is it in Departure Bay, British Columbia, Canada
This page shows local time in Departure Bay, British Columbia, Canada as of this moment, in the America/Vancouver zone (−7).
Departure Bay, Canada
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Vancouver
Local time in Departure Bay
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Departure Bay.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 6:56 PM
Weather in Departure Bay right now
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Departure Bay and its neighbours
Postal codes
- V9S Nanaimo Central — 1.8 km away
- V9T Nanaimo North — 3.5 km away
- V9R Nanaimo South — 4.6 km away
- V9V Nanaimo Northwest — 5.3 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in British Columbia
Same time zone — America/Vancouver
- Vancouver Canada
Nearby places
- Nanaimo — 2.5 km
- East Wellington — 4.3 km
- Chinatown — 4.8 km
- Wellington — 5.1 km
- Second Chinatown — 5.2 km
- South End — 6.4 km
Departure Bay: clock, sun and surroundings
Departure Bay is mapped by 4 postal codes.
Departure Bay sets its clocks by America/Vancouver, which runs UTC−7. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Today's times for Departure Bay: the sun is up at 7:41 AM and down at 6:24 PM. That means 10 h 43 min of daylight.
The hours shown for Departure Bay apply equally in Nanaimo and East Wellington.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Departure Bay use?
- Departure Bay uses America/Vancouver, which has an offset of −7.
- Does the local time in Departure Bay include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Departure Bay?
- Daylight begins at 7:41 AM.