Amherst Point in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.7868, -64.2707
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 889 km away
What time is it in Amherst Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
Watch the current local time in Amherst Point, Nova Scotia, Canada, running on the America/Halifax time zone (−3).
Amherst Point, Canada
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Amherst Point
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Amherst Point keeps America/Halifax clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:44 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 7:14 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Amherst Point right now
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Amherst Point and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B4H Amherst — 7.6 km away
- B0L Isthmus of Chignecto (River Hébert) — 12.9 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 Nova Scotia
- Halifax 471 559
- Sydney 105 968
- Dartmouth 101 343
- Lower Sackville 51 749
- Downtown Halifax 25 555
- Halifax West End 22 664
Nearby places
- West Amherst — 3.0 km
- Nappan — 3.1 km
- Harrison Road — 4.1 km
- Lower Maccan — 4.2 km
- Upper Nappan — 5.9 km
- Minudie — 6.5 km
Local time details for Amherst Point
Locations in Amherst Point are covered by 2 postal codes.
Hours in Amherst Point are kept by America/Halifax, standing at UTC−3. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Look for sunrise at 7:44 AM and sunset at 6:21 PM in Amherst Point today. The day carries 10 h 37 min of light.
No adjustment is needed moving between Amherst Point, West Amherst and Nappan.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Amherst Point?
- In Amherst Point, the applicable time zone is America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Do clocks in Amherst Point shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Amherst Point?
- 6:21 PM.