What time is it in Nelson, Ontario, Canada
The clock on this page follows the local time of Nelson, Ontario, Canada, in the America/Toronto zone (−4).
Nelson, Canada
Saturday, 5 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/Toronto
Local time in Nelson
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Nelson keeps America/Toronto time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:49 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 7:50 PM Daylight 13 h 01 min Night 10 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:20 AM – 8:19 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
The name of the time zone in Nelson is America/Toronto, and it runs UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Daylight in Nelson starts at 6:49 AM and ends at 7:50 PM today. It lasts 13 h 01 min.
The clock does not change between Nelson, Burlington and Waterdown.
1 postal code covers the territory of Nelson.
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 7:50 PM.