What time is it in Nelson, Ontario, Canada
Look up the current time in Nelson, Ontario, Canada, which follows the America/Toronto zone (−4).
Nelson, Canada
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Toronto
Local time in Nelson
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Nelson keeps America/Toronto clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:29 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 7:12 AM – 6:58 PM
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- V1L
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 Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson Georgia, United States
Same time zone — America/Toronto
- Toronto Canada
- Montreal Canada
- Ottawa Canada
- Mississauga Canada
- Brampton Canada
Nearby places
- Burlington — 0.9 km
- Brant Hills — 1.4 km
- Highview Survey — 1.7 km
- Palmer — 2.6 km
- Mountain Gardens — 2.8 km
- Clarksdale — 3.5 km
Local time details for Nelson
Sunrise today in Nelson lands at 7:41 AM; sunset lands at 6:29 PM. That is 10 h 47 min of light.
The same local time applies in Nelson, Burlington and Brant Hills.
Postal designations for Nelson total 1.
The name of the time zone in Nelson is America/Toronto, and it runs UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Nelson based on?
- The clock in Nelson is based on America/Toronto, with an offset of −4.
- Does Nelson switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Nelson: Yes.
- When is the sun down in Nelson?
- The sun goes down at 6:29 PM.