Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 49.4999, -117.2860
- Population
- 10 664
- Region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 3119 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Check the current local time in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, which sits in the America/Vancouver time zone (−7).
Nelson, Canada
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Vancouver
Local time in Nelson
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Nelson, British Columbia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:35 PM Sunset 5:49 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:21 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- V1L
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
Other places named Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson Georgia, United States
- Nelson New Hampshire, United States
Same time zone — America/Vancouver
- Vancouver Canada
Nearby places
- Mountain Station — 1.9 km
- Granite — 6.1 km
- Willow Point — 8.4 km
- Blewett — 9.2 km
- Beasley — 13.1 km
- Hall — 13.5 km
Time and daylight in Nelson
Locations in Nelson are covered by 1 postal code.
Nelson keeps time under America/Vancouver. That places it at UTC−7, with daylight saving time Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:21 AM today in Nelson, with the sun setting at 5:49 PM. That leaves 10 h 28 min of light.
Both Mountain Station and Granite are near Nelson and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Nelson?
- The time zone value for Nelson is America/Vancouver, with an offset of −7.
- Does Nelson take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Nelson: Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Nelson?
- Daylight begins at 7:21 AM.