Canada · PDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Victoria, Canada runs on UTC−7. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−8 in winter, UTC−7 in summer. There is a 3-hour difference between Victoria and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–15:00 in Victoria lines up with 12:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 8-hour difference between Victoria and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Victoria lines up with 17:00–18:00 in London. There is a 16-hour difference between Victoria and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 17:00–18:00 in Victoria lines up with 09:00–10:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Vancouver, Los Angeles, Phoenix. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Victoria.
Practical Info
Victoria (Canada) is home to roughly 400K people. Today brings about 16.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:12, sunset at 21:12. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−8 in winter, UTC−7 in summer. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 48° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Canada
Capital
Ottawa
Continent
North America
Time Zone
PDT · America/Vancouver
Coordinates
48.43°N, 123.37°W
Currency
CAD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Victoria has the warmest winters of any Canadian city, with January averages above 4°C — mild enough that the city runs an annual flower count in February, tallying blossoms in the tens of millions while the rest of the country is frozen.
The clock: Victoria keeps Pacific Time at UTC−8, on an island reached only by ferry or air from a mainland on the same clock.
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