Sydney in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.1501, -60.1818
- Population
- 105 968
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 1204 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
This page answers what time it is in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada right now, in the America/Glace_Bay zone (−3).
Sydney, Canada
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Glace_Bay
Local time in Sydney
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Sydney right now
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Sydney and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B1P Sydney North Central — 1.9 km away
- B1S Sydney Central — 4.8 km away
- B1N Sydney North — 5.6 km away
- B1R Sydney West — 8.8 km away
- B1M Sydney East — 9.0 km away
- B1L Sydney Southwest — 9.9 km away
- B1V North Sydney North — 11.1 km away
- B1H New Waterford — 13.5 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
- Dartmouth 101 343
- Lower Sackville 51 749
- Downtown Halifax 25 555
- Halifax West End 22 664
- Bedford 21 474
Other places named Sydney
- Sydney New South Wales, Australia
- Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada
- Sydney England, United Kingdom
- Sydney Florida, United States
- Sydney North Dakota, United States
Nearby places
- Sydney — 0.0 km
- Whitney Pier — 1.1 km
- Ashby — 1.5 km
- Hardwood Hill — 2.9 km
- Westmount — 3.3 km
- Grand Lake Road — 3.4 km
Sydney: clock, sun and surroundings
8 postal codes describe the layout of Sydney.
Sydney is placed in America/Glace_Bay, and its offset from UTC is −3. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
In Sydney, today's sun rises at 7:23 AM and sets at 6:11 PM. Light stays for 10 h 49 min.
Close to Sydney, the towns of Sydney and Whitney Pier show the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Sydney?
- The time zone name for Sydney is America/Glace_Bay, with an offset of −3.
- Does Sydney keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Sydney: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Sydney?
- The sun sets in Sydney at 6:11 PM.