Bedford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.7255, -63.6673
- Population
- 21 474
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 947 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada
The current local time in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada — time zone America/Halifax (−3) — is shown right here.
Bedford, Canada
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Bedford
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Bedford keeps America/Halifax clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:37 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Bedford right now
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Bedford and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B4A Bedford Southeast — 0.9 km away
- B4C Lower Sackville South — 4.6 km away
- B3M Halifax Bedford Basin — 5.3 km away
- B3B Dartmouth Northwest — 6.6 km away
- B3S Halifax West — 8.0 km away
- B3A Dartmouth Southwest — 8.6 km away
- B4B Bedford Northwest — 8.7 km away
- B3K Halifax Upper Harbour — 8.8 km away
- B3L Halifax Central — 9.3 km away
- B2R Waverley — 9.8 km away
- B3N Halifax South Central — 10.7 km away
- B3J Halifax Mid-Harbour Nova Scotia Provincial Government — 11.5 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
Other places named Bedford
- Bedford England, United Kingdom
- Bedford Texas, United States
- Bedford New Hampshire, United States
- Bedford Indiana, United States
- Bedford Ohio, United States
Nearby places
- Kearney Lake — 4.5 km
- Birch Cove — 4.6 km
- Wedgewood — 4.9 km
- Sherwood Park — 5.2 km
- Sherwood Heights — 5.6 km
- Rockingham — 6.1 km
Local time details for Bedford
Sunrise today in Bedford lands at 7:37 AM; sunset lands at 6:24 PM. That is 10 h 46 min of light.
Around Bedford, places such as Kearney Lake and Birch Cove use the same time.
12 distinct postal codes apply to Bedford.
Clocks across Bedford run on America/Halifax at UTC−3. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Bedford?
- The correct time zone for Bedford is America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Does the clock in Bedford follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Bedford: Yes.
- What is the sunrise time for Bedford?
- 7:37 AM.