Halifax in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.6464, -63.5729
- Population
- 471 559
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 956 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Check the current local time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which sits in the America/Halifax time zone (−3).
Halifax, Canada
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Halifax
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Halifax.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 11 h 01 min Night 12 h 59 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Halifax right now
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Halifax and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B3J Halifax Mid-Harbour Nova Scotia Provincial Government — 0.3 km away
- B3H Halifax Lower Harbour — 1.5 km away
- B3K Halifax Upper Harbour — 2.9 km away
- B2Y Dartmouth South Central — 3.0 km away
- B3L Halifax Central — 3.3 km away
- B3A Dartmouth Southwest — 4.0 km away
- B3P Halifax North West Arm — 4.0 km away
- B3N Halifax South Central — 5.6 km away
- B2W Dartmouth East Central — 6.1 km away
- B3R Halifax South — 6.3 km away
- B2X Dartmouth North Central — 6.9 km away
- B3B Dartmouth Northwest — 7.1 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
- Sydney 105 968
- Dartmouth 101 343
- Lower Sackville 51 749
- Downtown Halifax 25 555
- Halifax West End 22 664
- Bedford 21 474
Other places named Halifax
- Halifax England, United Kingdom
- Halifax Massachusetts, United States
- Halifax Virginia, United States
- Halifax Pennsylvania, United States
- Halifax Queensland, Australia
Nearby places
- Downtown Halifax — 0.4 km
- Schmidtville — 0.8 km
- Spring Garden — 0.9 km
- Halifax South End — 1.9 km
- Woodside — 2.0 km
- Quinpool District — 2.1 km
About the time in Halifax
Postal codes assigned across Halifax total 12.
Halifax keeps the America/Halifax zone, which is UTC−3. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Halifax at 7:30 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:32 PM. That gives the day 11 h 01 min of light.
The clock in nearby Downtown Halifax and Schmidtville follows Halifax.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Halifax?
- Halifax is in America/Halifax, which has an offset of −3.
- Is the offset in Halifax changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in Halifax?
- Expect it at 7:30 AM.