What time is it in Essex, Ontario, Canada
Below you can see what the time is in Essex, Ontario, Canada now, in the America/Toronto zone (−5).
Essex, Canada
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Toronto
Local time in Essex
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Essex keeps America/Toronto clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:16 PM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 10 h 10 min Night 13 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in Essex right now
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Essex and its neighbours
Postal codes
- N8M
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 Ontario
Other places named Essex
- Essex Maryland, United States
- Essex Ontario, Canada
- Essex Massachusetts, United States
- Essex Iowa, United States
- Essex Illinois, United States
Same time zone — America/Toronto
- Toronto Canada
- Montreal Canada
- Ottawa Canada
- Mississauga Canada
- Brampton Canada
Nearby places
- Marshfield — 2.0 km
- Barretville — 4.2 km
- Vereker — 4.5 km
- Pleasant Valley — 4.6 km
- New Canaan — 5.2 km
- East Harrow — 5.4 km
Time and daylight in Essex
Essex contains 1 postal code.
The time zone assigned to Essex is America/Toronto, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Morning light reaches Essex at 7:12 AM, and the sun sets at 5:21 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 10 min.
Nothing changes on the clock between Essex and neighbouring Marshfield or Barretville.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Essex?
- Choose America/Toronto for Essex, with an offset of −5.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Essex?
- No.
- When does the sun go down in Essex?
- Sunset in Essex is at 5:21 PM.