Amherst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.8335, -64.1987
- Population
- 9 404
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 895 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
The clock on this page follows the local time of Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the America/Halifax zone (−3).
Amherst, Canada
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Amherst
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Amherst, Nova Scotia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Amherst right now
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Amherst and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B4H
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 Nova Scotia
- Halifax 471 559
- Sydney 105 968
- Dartmouth 101 343
- Lower Sackville 51 749
- Downtown Halifax 25 555
- Halifax West End 22 664
Other places named Amherst
- Amherst New York, United States
- Amherst Massachusetts, United States
- Amherst Ohio, United States
- Amherst Virginia, United States
- Amherst Wisconsin, United States
Nearby places
- East Amherst — 2.1 km
- Fort Lawrence — 4.3 km
- Brookdale — 4.3 km
- Upper Nappan — 4.5 km
- West Amherst — 4.7 km
- Warren — 6.0 km
About the time in Amherst
Today the sun rises over Amherst at 7:36 AM and sets at 6:31 PM. That is 10 h 56 min of daylight in all.
Nothing changes on the clock between Amherst and neighbouring East Amherst or Brookdale.
Within Amherst, postal codes number 1.
In Amherst the time zone is America/Halifax and the offset is UTC−3. Daylight saving time used: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Amherst?
- The correct time zone for Amherst is America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Does Amherst switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Amherst: Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Amherst?
- Daylight begins at 7:36 AM.