Dufferin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.6834, -62.8820
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 997 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dufferin, Nova Scotia, Canada
The page gives the present local time in Dufferin, Nova Scotia, Canada, whose time zone is America/Halifax (−3).
Dufferin, Canada
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Dufferin
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Dufferin keeps America/Halifax clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in Dufferin right now
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Dufferin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B0K Southern Northumberland Strait (Pictou) — 9.4 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 Dufferin
Nearby places
- Heathbell — 2.1 km
- Meadowville — 2.8 km
- Sundridge — 4.0 km
- Poplar Hill — 4.3 km
- Scotsburn — 4.5 km
- Plainfield — 4.5 km
Dufferin: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbouring Heathbell and Meadowville keep the same hours as Dufferin.
The postal code count for Dufferin is 1.
Dufferin tells time by America/Halifax, an offset of UTC−3. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Today, Dufferin has first light at 7:35 AM and last light at 6:19 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 44 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Dufferin?
- The time zone covering Dufferin is America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Is the hour in Dufferin changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Dufferin?
- It sets at 6:19 PM.