West River in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.6031, -62.0000
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 1066 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in West River, Nova Scotia, Canada
Local time right now in West River, Nova Scotia, Canada appears above, in the America/Halifax time zone (−4).
West River, Canada
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC−4 · America/Halifax
Local time in West River
UTC−4 · no daylight saving time
Local time in West River, Nova Scotia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:06 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 4:41 PM Daylight 9 h 36 min Night 14 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:34 AM – 5:13 PM
Weather in West River right now
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West River and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B2G Antigonish — 1.5 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
- Sydney 105 968
- Dartmouth 101 343
- Lower Sackville 51 749
- Downtown Halifax 25 555
- Halifax West End 22 664
Other places named West River
- West River Wyoming, United States
- West River Western Australia, Australia
- West River Maryland, United States
- West River Prince Edward Island, Canada
- West River New Brunswick, Canada
Nearby places
- Lower West River — 0.6 km
- Antigonish — 1.5 km
- Salt Springs — 2.1 km
- Greenwold — 2.6 km
- Sylvan Valley — 3.4 km
- Beech Hill — 3.5 km
Time and daylight in West River
Today in West River, daylight opens at 7:06 AM and closes at 4:41 PM. That span measures 9 h 36 min.
West River shares one clock with the nearby places Lower West River and Antigonish.
Mail addressed to West River uses 1 postal code.
The offset in West River is UTC−4, under the America/Halifax time zone. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does West River follow?
- West River follows America/Halifax, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in West River?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in West River?
- Yes, it is 7:06 AM.