Nantucket in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.6747, -63.5143
- Population
- 1 417
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 960 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nantucket, Nova Scotia, Canada
What follows is the current local time in Nantucket, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the America/Halifax zone (−3).
Nantucket, Canada
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Nantucket
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Nantucket.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 7:42 PM Daylight 12 h 58 min Night 11 h 02 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 8:12 PM
Weather in Nantucket right now
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Nantucket and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B2W Dartmouth East Central — 0.5 km away
- B2Y Dartmouth South Central — 2.7 km away
- B2X Dartmouth North Central — 3.4 km away
- B2V Dartmouth Morris Lake — 3.8 km away
- B3A Dartmouth Southwest — 5.0 km away
- B3J Halifax Mid-Harbour Nova Scotia Provincial Government — 5.9 km away
- B3G Eastern Passage — 6.9 km away
- B3B Dartmouth Northwest — 6.9 km away
- B3H Halifax Lower Harbour — 7.0 km away
- B3K Halifax Upper Harbour — 7.1 km away
- B3L Halifax Central — 8.4 km away
- B2Z Dartmouth East — 9.0 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 Nantucket
- Nantucket Massachusetts, United States
- Nantucket Colorado, United States
- Nantucket Maryland, United States
Nearby places
- Ellenvale — 0.6 km
- Bel Ayr Park — 0.7 km
- Woodlawn Heights — 1.0 km
- Woodlawn — 1.1 km
- Portland Estates — 1.2 km
- Portland Hills — 1.4 km
Time and daylight in Nantucket
Nantucket sits under America/Halifax, which puts local clocks at UTC−3. Daylight saving in use: Yes.
The day begins at Nantucket with sunrise at 6:45 AM and ends with sunset at 7:42 PM. Daylight totals 12 h 58 min.
Neighbouring Ellenvale and Woodlawn keep the same hours as Nantucket.
12 postal codes have been allocated to Nantucket.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Nantucket?
- The time zone name used for Nantucket is America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Do people in Nantucket set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Nantucket: Yes.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Nantucket.
- The sunrise hour is 6:45 AM.