Brightwood in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.6768, -63.5722
- Population
- 681
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 955 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Brightwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
The current hour and minute in Brightwood, Nova Scotia, Canada are shown here, in the America/Halifax zone (−3).
Brightwood, Canada
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Brightwood
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Brightwood.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 6:18 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 6:48 PM
Weather in Brightwood right now
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Brightwood and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B3A Dartmouth Southwest — 0.7 km away
- B2Y Dartmouth South Central — 2.5 km away
- B3K Halifax Upper Harbour — 2.9 km away
- B3J Halifax Mid-Harbour Nova Scotia Provincial Government — 3.5 km away
- B3B Dartmouth Northwest — 3.8 km away
- B2X Dartmouth North Central — 4.2 km away
- B3L Halifax Central — 4.4 km away
- B3H Halifax Lower Harbour — 4.8 km away
- B2W Dartmouth East Central — 5.1 km away
- B3M Halifax Bedford Basin — 6.8 km away
- B3P Halifax North West Arm — 7.2 km away
- B3N Halifax South Central — 7.4 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 Brightwood
- Brightwood District of Columbia, United States
- Brightwood Virginia, United States
- Brightwood Massachusetts, United States
- Brightwood Maryland, United States
- Brightwood Maryland, United States
Nearby places
- Crichton Park — 0.6 km
- Dartmouth — 0.7 km
- Harbourview — 1.0 km
- Albro Lake — 1.1 km
- Downtown Dartmouth — 1.2 km
- Micmac Village — 1.4 km
About the time in Brightwood
Brightwood marks time with America/Halifax at an offset of UTC−3. Does the area change clocks seasonally? Yes.
In Brightwood today the sun is out from 7:41 AM until 6:18 PM. That comes to 10 h 38 min of daylight.
The time given for Brightwood holds for nearby Crichton Park and Dartmouth too.
Brightwood is covered by 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Brightwood follow?
- Brightwood follows America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Brightwood?
- Daylight saving time in Brightwood: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Brightwood?
- Sunrise is at 7:41 AM and sunset at 6:18 PM.