Current Time in Toronto, Canada
Time and Sun Facts for Toronto
- Local time
- 5:05 pm
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time zone
America/Toronto- UTC offset
- UTC-4
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 7:43 am
- Sunset
- 6:20 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 37 minutes
- Coordinates
- 43.65, -79.38
How Toronto Keeps Time
Toronto keeps EDT, UTC-4. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Toronto; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Toronto runs on the America/Toronto zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-4 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-5 on standard time and UTC-4 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.
The sun rises in Toronto at 7:43 am today and sets at 6:20 pm — 10 hours 37 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 1:01 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (43.65, -79.38), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Toronto has about 15 hours 27 minutes of daylight in June and 8 hours 56 minutes in December. The difference is about 6 hours 31 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Toronto’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 18 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 1:01 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
EDT 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.
Toronto at a Glance
| Coordinates | 43.6500, -79.3800 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | America/Toronto |
| Current UTC offset | UTC-4 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 7:43 am |
| Sunset today | 6:20 pm |
| Solar noon | 1:01 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 37 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Ottawa | 352 km |
| Current clock difference vs Ottawa | Same civil time |
How Toronto Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Toronto. 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 Toronto |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10:05 pm | 5 hours ahead |
| New York | 5:05 pm | same time |
| Los Angeles | 2:05 pm | 3 hours behind |
| Dubai | 1:05 am | 8 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 2:05 am | 9 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 5:05 am | 12 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 6:05 am | 13 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 8:05 am | 15 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Toronto
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | 352 km | 5:05 pm |
| Montreal | 504 km | 5:05 pm |
| Quebec City | 729 km | 5:05 pm |
| Halifax | 1,263 km | 6:05 pm |
| Winnipeg | 1,515 km | 4:05 pm |
Other Cities in Canada
Canada keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
Questions People Ask
When does Toronto next change its clocks?
The next transition is 1 November 2026. Use America/Toronto in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Is Toronto 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 Toronto 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 1:01 pm.
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