Pictou in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.6787, -62.7094
- Population
- 3 107
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 1011 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
This page keeps the current time in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, according to the America/Halifax zone (−3).
Pictou, Canada
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Pictou
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Pictou keeps America/Halifax clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Pictou right now
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Pictou and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B2H New Glasgow — 11.6 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 Pictou
- Pictou Colorado, United States
Nearby places
- Browns Point — 2.0 km
- Pictou Landing — 2.5 km
- Haliburton — 3.1 km
- Bay View — 3.4 km
- Central Caribou — 3.7 km
- Loch Broom — 4.3 km
Local time details for Pictou
Pictou appears under 1 postal code.
Clocks in Pictou take America/Halifax as their zone, reading UTC−3. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Pictou sees the sun rise at 7:40 AM and set at 6:12 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 32 min.
Browns Point and Pictou Landing are near Pictou and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Pictou?
- The time zone name used for Pictou is America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Is the time in Pictou adjusted seasonally?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Pictou?
- The hour is 6:12 PM.