Colchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.3335, -63.2487
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 971 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
The clock on this page follows the local time of Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the America/Halifax zone (−3).
Colchester, Canada
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Colchester
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Colchester, Nova Scotia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Colchester right now
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Colchester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B2N Truro — 3.9 km away
- B6L Truro — 8.9 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
Other places named Colchester
- Colchester England, United Kingdom
- Colchester Vermont, United States
- Colchester Connecticut, United States
- Colchester Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Colchester Ontario, Canada
Nearby places
- Harmony Road — 2.5 km
- Salmon River — 3.4 km
- Truro — 3.9 km
- Millbrook — 4.0 km
- Hilden — 4.6 km
- McClures Mills — 4.7 km
Time and daylight in Colchester
Across Colchester, 2 postal codes are recorded.
Time in Colchester follows the zone America/Halifax, offset UTC−3. Seasonal clock shift: Yes.
At Colchester the sun clears the horizon at 7:41 AM and sinks again at 6:16 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 36 min.
Set your clock for Colchester and it will also be right in Harmony Road and Salmon River.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Halifax the time zone for Colchester?
- Yes, America/Halifax is the time zone for Colchester, with an offset of −3.
- Is the hour in Colchester changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Colchester.
- They are 7:41 AM and 6:16 PM.