§ 01CA · North America
Toronto
Canada
Toronto follows Eastern Time, identical to New York, and observes DST on the same schedule. The TSX opens at 09:30 ET. The city is bilingual on its eastern flank — francophone Montréal is in the same time zone but with a different working rhythm.
Toronto · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC10h 15m of light
Sunrise
11:53 UTC
Solar noon
17:01 UTC
Sunset
22:08 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into America/Toronto.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 06:53
- Solar noon
- 12:01
- Sunset
- 17:08
- Day length
- 10h 15m
Conventional business hours
09:00—17:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveNight
+6°C
Partly cloudy
Feels like
5°
Wind
8 km/h WNW
Humidity
95%
Pressure
1,025 mb
UV index · 0Visibility · 20 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Eastern Standard Time (EST)
- UTC offset
- UTC−05:00
- IANA identifier
- America/Toronto
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London−5 h
New Yorksame
Tokyo−14 h
Dubai−9 h
Singapore−13 h
Sydney−16 h
Hours are Toronto's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Toronto in?
- Toronto is in the Eastern Standard Time zone (EST), currently UTC−05:00.
- Does Toronto observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
- What is Toronto's UTC offset right now?
- Toronto is currently UTC−05:00 (EST).
- What is the time difference between Toronto and London?
- Toronto is 5 hours behind London right now.
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