Yellowknife in numbers
- Coordinates
- 62.4541, -114.3720
- Population
- 20 340
- Region
- Northwest Territories
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 3086 km away
What time is it in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
The clock on this page follows the local time of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, in the America/Edmonton zone (−6).
Yellowknife, Canada
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Edmonton
Local time in Yellowknife
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
Yellowknife keeps America/Edmonton clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 9:07 AM Solar noon 1:22 PM Sunset 5:38 PM Daylight 8 h 31 min Night 15 h 29 min Civil twilight 8:18 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Yellowknife right now
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Yellowknife and its neighbours
Postal codes
- X1A
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 Northwest Territories
- Hay River 3 528
- Inuvik 3 243
- Fort Smith 2 542
- Behchoko 1 746
- Fort Simpson 1 100
- Norman Wells 1 027
Same time zone — America/Edmonton
Nearby places
- Dettah — 5.7 km
- Old Fort Providence — 23.3 km
- Inner Whaleback Rocks — 67.4 km
- Camlaren — 83.8 km
- Discovery — 84.6 km
Time and daylight in Yellowknife
Yellowknife adheres to America/Edmonton, a UTC−6 offset. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Sunrise today in Yellowknife lands at 9:07 AM; sunset lands at 5:38 PM. That is 8 h 31 min of light.
The time given for Yellowknife holds for nearby Dettah and Old Fort Providence too.
Within Yellowknife, postal codes number 1.
Questions and answers
- Does Yellowknife use the America/Edmonton time zone?
- Yes, Yellowknife uses America/Edmonton, with an offset of −6.
- Does Yellowknife use summer time?
- Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Yellowknife?
- Today the sun rises at 9:07 AM.