Canada
Time now in Charlottetown
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09Sunset 08:08Time zone UTC −2:30
Time zone
America/St_Johns
UTC offset
UTC −2:30
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
227
Sunrise
06:09
Sunset
08:08
Day length
13h 59m
Coordinates
48.43, -54.01
Time difference from Charlottetown
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About the time in Charlottetown
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Charlottetown day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 11:30–19:30 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Sunrise today lands at 06:09 and sunset at 08:08 local time, giving 13h 59m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (48.43, -54.01) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Charlottetown.
The zone identifier America/St_Johns is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/St_Johns keeps pointing at St Johns time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Charlottetown
- Does Charlottetown change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
- What time is it in Charlottetown right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Charlottetown, updating every second from America/St_Johns (UTC −2:30).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/St_Johns, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Charlottetown in?
- Charlottetown uses America/St_Johns, currently UTC −2:30.
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