Preston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.7157, -63.4342
- Population
- 3 223
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 965 km away
- Same name
- 57 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada
Below is the local time in Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada, kept in the America/Halifax zone (−3).
Preston, Canada
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Preston
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Preston.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:18 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 6:48 PM
Weather in Preston right now
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Preston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B2Z Dartmouth East — 1.2 km away
- B2W Dartmouth East Central — 7.4 km away
- B2V Dartmouth Morris Lake — 7.8 km away
- B2X Dartmouth North Central — 8.0 km away
- B3E Porters Lake — 10.0 km away
- B2Y Dartmouth South Central — 10.5 km away
- B2R Waverley — 10.6 km away
- B3G Eastern Passage — 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 Preston
- Preston England, United Kingdom
- Preston Victoria, Australia
- Preston Idaho, United States
- Preston Texas, United States
- Preston Minnesota, United States
Nearby places
- Upper Lawrencetown — 3.5 km
- Cherry Brook — 3.6 km
- ColeRidge Estates — 4.7 km
- Sunset Acres — 4.8 km
- Lake Loon — 5.2 km
- Humber Park — 5.2 km
Local time details for Preston
Preston keeps the America/Halifax zone, which is UTC−3. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Preston gets its sunrise at 7:40 AM and its sunset at 6:18 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 38 min.
Neighbouring Upper Lawrencetown and Cherry Brook keep the same hours as Preston.
8 postal codes cover the territory of Preston.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Preston?
- The time in Preston is calculated using America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Will the time in Preston move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Preston: Yes.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Preston today?
- Sunrise 7:40 AM, sunset 6:18 PM.