Florence in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.2598, -60.2659
- Population
- 1 684
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 1197 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Florence, Nova Scotia, Canada
Local time right now in Florence, Nova Scotia, Canada appears above, in the America/Glace_Bay time zone (−3).
Florence, Canada
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Glace_Bay
Local time in Florence
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Florence.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:39 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 10 h 14 min Night 13 h 46 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 6:24 PM
Weather in Florence right now
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Florence and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B1V North Sydney North — 3.2 km away
- B1Y Alder Point — 7.0 km away
- B1N Sydney North — 10.9 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 Florence
- Florence Tuscany, Italy
- Florence Alabama, United States
- Florence South Carolina, United States
- Florence Kentucky, United States
- Florence Indiana, United States
Nearby places
- Bras D'Or — 2.0 km
- Little Pond — 2.2 km
- Little Bras D'Or South Side — 3.0 km
- Little Bras D'Or — 3.2 km
- Mill Creek — 3.3 km
- Gannon Road — 3.9 km
Time and daylight in Florence
Today at Florence, the sun rises at 7:39 AM and sets at 5:53 PM. That gives 10 h 14 min of daylight.
Close by, Bras D'Or and Little Pond keep time with Florence.
Florence spans 3 postal codes.
Clocks in Florence are set by America/Glace_Bay and read UTC−3. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Florence be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Glace_Bay, with an offset of −3.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Florence?
- Daylight saving time in Florence: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Florence?
- At 7:39 AM.