Canada · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Iqaluit, Canada runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Iqaluit and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Iqaluit lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Iqaluit and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Iqaluit lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Iqaluit and Tokyo. 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 Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Iqaluit.
Practical Info
Iqaluit (Canada) is home to roughly 8K people. Today brings about 20.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 02:12, sunset at 23:00. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 64° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Canada
Capital
Ottawa
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/Iqaluit
Coordinates
63.75°N, 68.52°W
Currency
CAD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, is not connected by road to any other community — everything arrives by air or on the summer sealift. The territory covers about 1.9 million square kilometres with around 40,000 residents.
The clock: Iqaluit keeps Eastern Time. Nunavut experimented with a single territory-wide time zone in 1999 and reverted after residents complained.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap