| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +4h | Becomes +3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +5h | Becomes +4h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +8h on 1 Nov |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +12h | Becomes +13h on 1 Nov |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +13h | Becomes +14h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | −1h | Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −4h | Becomes −3h on 31 Oct |
Charlottetown, Canada runs on UTC−3. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−4 in winter, UTC−3 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. The time difference between Charlottetown and New York is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Charlottetown lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. The time difference between Charlottetown and London is 4 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:00 in Charlottetown lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Charlottetown and Tokyo is 12 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Halifax, Fredericton, Hamilton. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Charlottetown.
Charlottetown (Canada) is home to roughly 40K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:09, sunset at 18:55. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−4 in winter, UTC−3 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 46° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Canada
Capital
Ottawa
Continent
North America
Time Zone
ADT · America/Halifax
Coordinates
46.24°N, 63.13°W
Currency
CAD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The 1864 Charlottetown Conference produced the agreement that led to Canadian Confederation three years later. Prince Edward Island, which hosted it, then declined to join until 1873.
The clock: Charlottetown keeps Atlantic Time at UTC−4. The Confederation Bridge to the mainland, opened in 1997, runs 12.9 km over ice-covered water.
Charlottetown lies at 63.1°W. Its time zone, UTC−4, is built around the 60°W meridian. The 3.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 13 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:13 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 73 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:13.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 15h 47m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 8h 36m. The swing between them is 7h 11m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Charlottetown the sun comes up earliest on 17 June at 05:20, while the latest sunset waits until 27 June at 21:08. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Charlottetown that civil twilight runs about 30 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 39 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Charlottetown, Canada is America/Halifax with a current UTC offset of UTC−3.
Charlottetown has an estimated population of 40K and is located at coordinates 46.24°N, 63.13°W.
Charlottetown gets 15h 47m of daylight on its longest day and 8h 36m on its shortest, averaging 12h 14m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Charlottetown falls at about 12:13 on UTC−4 standard time, because the city sits 3.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Where Canada Was Agreed: The 1864 Charlottetown Conference produced the agreement that led to Canadian Confederation three years later. Prince Edward Island, which hosted it, then declined to join until 1873.