Current Time in Vancouver, Canada
Time and Sun Facts for Vancouver
- Local time
- 4:07 pm
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time zone
America/Vancouver- UTC offset
- UTC-7
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 7:47 am
- Sunset
- 6:05 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 18 minutes
- Coordinates
- 49.28, -123.12
How Vancouver Keeps Time
Vancouver keeps PDT, UTC-7. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Vancouver; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Vancouver runs on the America/Vancouver zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-7 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-8 on standard time and UTC-7 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.
The sun rises in Vancouver at 7:47 am today and sets at 6:05 pm — 10 hours 18 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:56 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (49.28, -123.12), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Vancouver has about 16 hours 15 minutes of daylight in June and 8 hours 11 minutes in December. The difference is about 8 hours 4 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Vancouver’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 12 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:56 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
PDT 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.
Vancouver at a Glance
| Coordinates | 49.2800, -123.1200 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | America/Vancouver |
| Current UTC offset | UTC-7 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 7:47 am |
| Sunset today | 6:05 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:56 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 18 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Ottawa | 3,539 km |
| Current clock difference vs Ottawa | −3 hours |
How Vancouver Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Vancouver. 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 Vancouver |
|---|---|---|
| London | 12:07 am | 8 hours ahead |
| New York | 7:07 pm | 3 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | 4:07 pm | same time |
| Dubai | 3:07 am | 11 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 4:07 am | 12 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 7:07 am | 15 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 8:07 am | 16 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 10:07 am | 18 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Vancouver
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 Vancouver next change its clocks?
The next transition is 1 November 2026. Use America/Vancouver in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Is Vancouver 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 Vancouver 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 12:56 pm.
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