Current Time in Calgary, Canada
Time and Sun Facts for Calgary
- Local time
- 5:27 pm
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time zone
America/Edmonton- UTC offset
- UTC-6
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 8:15 am
- Sunset
- 6:25 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 11 minutes
- Coordinates
- 51.05, -114.07
How Calgary Keeps Time
Calgary keeps MDT, UTC-6. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Calgary; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Calgary runs on the America/Edmonton zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-6 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-7 on standard time and UTC-6 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.
The sun rises in Calgary at 8:15 am today and sets at 6:25 pm — 10 hours 11 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 1:20 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (51.05, -114.07), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Calgary has about 16 hours 33 minutes of daylight in June and 7 hours 54 minutes in December. The difference is about 8 hours 39 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Calgary’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 36 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 1:20 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
MDT is one of several zones in Canada, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.
Calgary at a Glance
| Coordinates | 51.0500, -114.0700 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | America/Edmonton |
| Current UTC offset | UTC-6 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 8:15 am |
| Sunset today | 6:25 pm |
| Solar noon | 1:20 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 11 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Ottawa | 2,875 km |
| Current clock difference vs Ottawa | −2 hours |
How Calgary Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Calgary. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with Calgary |
|---|---|---|
| London | 12:27 am | 7 hours ahead |
| New York | 7:27 pm | 2 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | 4:27 pm | 1 hour behind |
| Dubai | 3:27 am | 10 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 4:27 am | 11 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 7:27 am | 14 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 8:27 am | 15 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 10:27 am | 17 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Calgary
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
Other Cities in Canada
Canada keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
Questions People Ask
When does Calgary next change its clocks?
The next transition is 1 November 2026. Use America/Edmonton in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Is Calgary the time everywhere in Canada?
No. Canada currently has 6 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.
Why is solar noon in Calgary far from 12:00?
The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 1:20 pm.
More Clocks and Time Zones
the current time in Calgary, Canada has its own page so it can be linked to directly. world clock by city is the way in to everywhere else on the site.