Canada · MDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Yellowknife, Canada runs on UTC−6. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−7 in winter, UTC−6 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. There is a 2-hour difference between Yellowknife and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in Yellowknife lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 7-hour difference between Yellowknife and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Yellowknife lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. There is a 15-hour difference between Yellowknife 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 Mexico City, Denver, Calgary. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Yellowknife.
Practical Info
Yellowknife (Canada) is home to roughly 20K people. Today brings about 20.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 03:42, sunset at 23:42. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−7 in winter, UTC−6 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 62° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Canada
Capital
Ottawa
Continent
North America
Time Zone
MDT · America/Yellowknife
Coordinates
62.45°N, 114.37°W
Currency
CAD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Yellowknife sits almost directly under the auroral oval and has clear, dry winter skies, which makes it one of the most reliable aurora-viewing locations on Earth — visible on a majority of dark, clear nights.
The clock: Yellowknife keeps Mountain Time at 62.5° north, where summer daylight runs about 20 hours and December offers roughly five.
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