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Current Time in Victoria, Canada

Time and Sun Facts for Victoria

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
6:08 pm
Day length
10 hours 21 minutes
Coordinates
48.43, -123.37

How Victoria Keeps Time

Victoria keeps PDT, UTC-7. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Victoria; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.

Victoria 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 Victoria at 7:47 am today and sets at 6:08 pm — 10 hours 21 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:57 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (48.43, -123.37), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, Victoria has about 16 hours 7 minutes of daylight in June and 8 hours 18 minutes in December. The difference is about 7 hours 48 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, Victoria’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 13 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:57 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.

Victoria at a Glance

Coordinates48.4300, -123.3700
IANA time zoneAmerica/Vancouver
Current UTC offsetUTC-7
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today7:47 am
Sunset today6:08 pm
Solar noon12:57 pm
Daylight today10 hours 21 minutes
Straight-line distance to Ottawa3,577 km
Current clock difference vs Ottawa−3 hours

How Victoria Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Victoria. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.

CityLocal timeCompared with Victoria
London12:07 am8 hours ahead
New York7:07 pm3 hours ahead
Los Angeles4:07 pmsame time
Dubai3:07 am11 hours ahead
Karachi4:07 am12 hours ahead
Singapore7:07 am15 hours ahead
Tokyo8:07 am16 hours ahead
Sydney10:07 am18 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to Victoria

Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
Vancouver96 km4:07 pm
Calgary728 km5:07 pm
Edmonton894 km5:07 pm
Saskatoon1,253 km5:07 pm
Winnipeg1,904 km6:07 pm

Other Cities in Canada

Canada keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.

CityLocal timeOffset
Calgary5:07 pmUTC-6
Edmonton5:07 pmUTC-6
Halifax8:07 pmUTC-3
Montreal7:07 pmUTC-4
Ottawa7:07 pmUTC-4
Quebec City7:07 pmUTC-4
Saskatoon5:07 pmUTC-6
St. John's8:37 pmUTC-2:30
Toronto7:07 pmUTC-4
Vancouver4:07 pmUTC-7
Winnipeg6:07 pmUTC-5

Questions People Ask

When does Victoria 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 Victoria 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 Victoria 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 12:57 pm.