Indexed entity
Halifax is the halifax-CA record in Canada: country slug canada, city slug halifax, ISO CA, continent America, canonical IANA zone America/Halifax.
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Live local time
Halifax, Canada
07:01:00 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · America/Halifax
Quick answer
It is currently 07:01:00 AM (ADT, UTC-03:00) in Halifax, Canada — Early morning.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
7°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
20°C
10°C
22% rain
Wed
12°C
8°C
46% rain
Thu
17°C
7°C
41% rain
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Code
Canadian Dollar
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Quick conversions
Today
Sunrise
05:31 AM
Sunset
08:53 PM
Day length
15h 22m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Halifax, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:01 AM UTC.
Current local time
07:01:00 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
ADT
America/Halifax · UTC-03:00
Next holiday
National Aboriginal Day
Sunday, June 21, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Halifax right now
Nearest airport
YHZ
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · 27 km
Indexed airports
13
Curated airport references available for Canada
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Halifax, Canada.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 07:01 ADT
No reference-city overlap right now
Halifax is currently outside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
Out of window
Offset now
UTC-03:00
Zone label
ADT
London
11:01 AM / +4h
New York
06:01 AM / -1h
Los Angeles
03:01 AM / -4h
Schedule risk
National Aboriginal Day on Sunday, June 21, 2026
Travel cue
YHZ Halifax, 27 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:31 AM to 08:53 PM, with solar noon around 01:12 PM and total daylight of 15h 22m.
Mapped location
44.64°N, 63.58°W
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:01 AM / +4h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
New York
06:01 AM / -1h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:01 AM / -4h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:01 PM / +7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Singapore
06:01 PM / +11h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Halifax.
YHZ · Halifax / Stanfield International Airport
Halifax
YQB · Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport
Quebec
YUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montréal
YYT · St. John's International Airport
St. John's
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use America/Halifax for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC-03:00; seasonal offset, UTC-04:00 in January and UTC-03:00 in July.
Pick a live coordination window
No reference city overlaps Halifax right now, so use the comparison table below before sending meeting invites.
Check local interruptions
National Aboriginal Day on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: YHZ Halifax, 27 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
Next detected clock change: November 1, 2026, moving back from 2026-11-01 01:59 (ADT) to 2026-11-01 01:00 (AST).
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Halifax has a detected clock-change edge. Re-check recurring meetings within two weeks of November 1, 2026, especially if the other city does not change clocks on the same weekend.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Halifax.
Canonical route
/time/canada/halifax/
Catalog identity
halifax-CA · CA · America
Coordinate cell
44.64°N, 63.58°W · lat 44.643 · lon -63.577 · cell 4464:-6358
Population record
471,559 residents · country rank 10
Zone snapshot
America/Halifax · ADT · UTC-03:00
January / July offsets
UTC-04:00 / UTC-03:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Dartmouth, Canada · 3 km
Nearest world hub
New York · 957 km
Closest airport references
YHZ Halifax 27 km · YQB Quebec 652 km · YUL Montréal 803 km · YYT St. John's 896 km
Zone peer roster
Sydney, Canada · Dartmouth, Canada · Moncton, Canada
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Halifax: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Halifax is the halifax-CA record in Canada: country slug canada, city slug halifax, ISO CA, continent America, canonical IANA zone America/Halifax.
44.64°N, 63.58°W; Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 44 and longitude band -64; exact decimal pair 44.64269, -63.57688.
Canada: official name Canada; capital Ottawa; region Americas; subregion North America; country population 41,651,653; area 9,984,670 km²; languages English, French; currencies CAD Canadian dollar. This is the country layer behind the Halifax clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Canada: Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest country by total area, with the longest coastline of any country. Its border with the United States is the longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both meteorologic and geological regions. With a population of over 41 million, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in its urban areas and large areas being sparsely populated. Its capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Source: Wikipedia.
Dartmouth [dartmouth-CA, CA, America/Halifax, 3 km]; Moncton [moncton-CA, CA, America/Halifax, 187 km]; Sydney [sydney-CA, CA, America/Halifax, 313 km]; Saint-Pierre [saint-pierre-PM, PM, America/Miquelon, 621 km]; Corner Brook [corner-brook-CA, CA, America/St_Johns, 642 km]; Montréal [montreal-CA, CA, America/Toronto, 791 km]; Paradise [paradise-CA, CA, America/St_Johns, 884 km]; Mount Pearl [mount-pearl-CA, CA, America/St_Johns, 891 km]
Halifax is part of this indexed country cluster: Toronto [toronto-CA, America/Toronto, pop 2,794,356]; Montréal [montreal-CA, America/Toronto, pop 1,762,949]; Calgary [calgary-CA, America/Edmonton, pop 1,306,784]; Ottawa [ottawa-CA, America/Toronto, pop 1,017,449]; Edmonton [edmonton-CA, America/Edmonton, pop 1,010,899]; Winnipeg [winnipeg-CA, America/Winnipeg, pop 749,607]; Mississauga [mississauga-CA, America/Toronto, pop 717,961]; Vancouver [vancouver-CA, America/Vancouver, pop 662,248]; Surrey [surrey-CA, America/Vancouver, pop 568,322]; Halifax [halifax-CA, America/Halifax, pop 471,559].
New York 957 km; London 4,624 km; Los Angeles 4,753 km; São Paulo 7,776 km; Dubai 10,080 km; Tokyo 10,782 km; Singapore 14,751 km; Sydney 16,819 km
YHZ Halifax / Stanfield International Airport in Halifax [CA, 27 km]; YQB Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec [CA, 652 km]; YUL Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montréal [CA, 803 km]; YYT St. John's International Airport in St. John's [CA, 896 km]; YOW Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa [CA, 953 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include YEG Edmonton International Airport in Edmonton [CA]; YHZ Halifax / Stanfield International Airport in Halifax [CA]; YLW Kelowna International Airport in Kelowna [CA]; YOW Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa [CA]; YQB Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec [CA]; YUL Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montréal [CA]; YVR Vancouver International Airport in Vancouver [CA]; YWG Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg [CA]; YXE Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport in Saskatoon [CA]; YYC Calgary International Airport in Calgary [CA].
Halifax renders Jun 2, 2026 · 07:01 ADT; ADT at UTC-03:00; January UTC-04:00; July UTC-03:00; next holiday National Aboriginal Day on 2026-06-21.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Halifax.
Halifax is a context-and-reference city; rank #10 of 34 retained Canada city pages. The route is /time/canada/halifax/ and the city id is halifax-CA.
Halifax has 15 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Halifax is pinned at 44.64°N, 63.58°W; Dartmouth (3 km); New York (957 km).
America/Halifax resolves to seasonal offset split: UTC-04:00 in January and UTC-03:00 in July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Canada.
YHZ Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (27 km) · National Aboriginal Day (Sunday, June 21, 2026) · 13 country airport references · 31 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Halifax uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Halifax, Nova Scotia: Halifax, officially the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in the Atlantic provinces of Eastern Canada. It consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County.
Observes daylight saving time. Civil clocks shift forward by one hour during the local summer, swinging between standard UTC-04:00 and summer UTC-03:00. Transitions follow the IANA zone America/Halifax.
Halifax is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours behind UTC (offset -03:00). 4 hours behind London, 12 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude -63.58°, Halifax's mean solar noon falls about 1 hour 14 minutes after civil 12:00 under the sampled -03:00 civil offset; during the alternate seasonal offset this shifts by about one hour on the clock — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Halifax sits at 44.64°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 23 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 37 minutes on the December solstice.
Halifax sits at 44.64°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 23 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 37 minutes on the December solstice.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 17 (15h 34m)
Shortest day
Dec 21 (8h 48m)
Year-round average
12h 14m
Annual swing
6h 46m
See the full daylight curve for Halifax at /sun/halifax/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Halifax local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Halifax |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 05:00 - 13:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 00:30 - 08:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 22:00 - 06:00 (next day) |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 22:00 - 06:00 (next day) |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 21:00 - 05:00 (next day) |
IANA time zones in country
10
Public holidays in 2026
31
Reference fields include Halifax's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 07:01:00 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Halifax (UTC-03:00, ADT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:31 AM to 08:53 PM
Day length 15h 22m · Solar noon 01:12 PM
Next country holiday
National Aboriginal Day
Sunday, June 21, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Halifax local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
471.6K
Coordinates
44.64, -63.58
Timezone
America/Halifax
Indexed airports
13
Capital
Ottawa
Languages
English, French
Currency
CAD ($)
Country area
9,984,670 km²
Halifax, Canada (population rank #10 in this dataset). Time zone: America/Halifax (ADT, UTC-03:00); population ~471.6K.
Coordinates: 44.64°N, 63.58°W. Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, ~4955 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:31 AM and sets around 08:53 PM in Halifax — about 15h 22m of daylight. Canada observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Dartmouth (3 km from Halifax) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 13 curated airport pages indexed for Canada.
Next national holiday: National Aboriginal Day, 2026-06-21.
Halifax is indexed as a America city in the CA country record, using America/Halifax as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/canada/halifax/.
Location context: 44.64°N, 63.58°W; population 471,559; nearest indexed city Dartmouth is about 3 km away; closest reference hub is New York, about 957 km away.
Country planning context: capital Ottawa; subregion North America; languages English, French; currency CAD ($); area 9,984,670 km²; 13 curated airport references; next holiday National Aboriginal Day on 2026-06-21.
Observes daylight saving time. Civil clocks shift forward by one hour during the local summer, swinging between standard UTC-04:00 and summer UTC-03:00. Transitions follow the IANA zone America/Halifax.
Halifax is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours behind UTC (offset -03:00). 4 hours behind London, 12 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude -63.58°, Halifax's mean solar noon falls about 1 hour 14 minutes after civil 12:00 under the sampled -03:00 civil offset; during the alternate seasonal offset this shifts by about one hour on the clock — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Halifax sits at 44.64°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 23 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 37 minutes on the December solstice.
Mid-sized city with around 472 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Halifax city-proper figure.)
Related clock anchors for Halifax: Toronto (−1h), Sydney (+13h), Tokyo (+12h), New York City (−1h), Paris (+5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
canada
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
ADT
IANA Zone
America/Halifax
UTC Offset
UTC-03:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
London
+4h
New York
-1h
Los Angeles
-4h
Dubai
+7h
Singapore
+11h
Tokyo
+12h
Sydney
+13h
São Paulo
+0h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Halifax.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Halifax: closest hubs New York (~957 km), London (~4,624 km), Los Angeles (~4,753 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~16,819 km).
Halifax sits inside Canada — the North America subregion, capital Ottawa, languages English, French, currency CAD ($).
Closest indexed cities to Halifax: Dartmouth (3 km), Moncton (187 km), Sydney (313 km), Saint-Pierre (621 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Halifax: National Aboriginal Day, Discovery Day, National Holiday. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Canada.
Closest curated airport references from Halifax: YHZ Halifax (27 km), YQB Quebec (652 km), YUL Montréal (803 km).
Halifax / Stanfield International AirportYHZ
Halifax · 27 km from Halifax
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Quebec Jean Lesage International AirportYQB
Quebec · 652 km from Halifax
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 35m
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportYUL
Montréal · 803 km from Halifax
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 47m
St. John's International AirportYYT
St. John's · 896 km from Halifax
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 54m
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportYOW
Ottawa · 953 km from Halifax
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 58m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:01 AM | +4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:01 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:01 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:01 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:01 PM | +11h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:01 PM | +12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:01 PM | +13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:01 AM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
Halifax / Stanfield International AirportYHZ
Halifax · 27 km away
Quebec Jean Lesage International AirportYQB
Quebec · 652 km away
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportYUL
Montréal · 803 km away
St. John's International AirportYYT
St. John's · 896 km away
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportYOW
Ottawa · 953 km away
Halifax is in the America/Halifax timezone (ADT), with a UTC offset of -03:00.
Halifax uses seasonal daylight saving rules in America/Halifax. The current offset is UTC-03:00; January resolves to UTC-04:00 and July resolves to UTC-03:00.
The current UTC offset for Halifax is UTC-03:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Halifax, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 07:01 ADT. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Halifax sits at 44.64°N, 63.58°W in Canada, with about 471.6K residents (rank #10 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Halifax is New York, about 957 km away as the crow flies.
Dartmouth is the closest indexed city, roughly 3 km from Halifax.
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 27 km from Halifax.
National Aboriginal Day is the next upcoming holiday in Canada, on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
Halifax uses Canadian dollar (CAD, symbol $) as the local currency of Canada.
The longest day of 2026 in Halifax falls on Jun 17 with about 15h 34m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 21 with 8h 48m; the year-round average is 12h 14m.
Canada spans 10 IANA time zones in total; Halifax's canonical zone for this page is America/Halifax.
In Halifax local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 10:00-18:00; London 05:00-13:00; Frankfurt 04:00-12:00; Dubai 02:00-10:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.