Canada
Time now in Québec
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Sunrise 06:53Sunset 06:10Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/Toronto
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
531,902
Sunrise
06:53
Sunset
06:10
Day length
11h 16m
Coordinates
46.81, -71.21
Time difference from Québec
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Québec right now.
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About the time in Québec
The zone identifier America/Toronto is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Toronto keeps pointing at Toronto time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Québec runs on America/Toronto, which puts the city UTC −4 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Québec day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 13:00–21:00 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Québec
- When do the sun rise and set in Québec today?
- Sunrise is at 06:53 and sunset at 06:10, giving 11h 16m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Québec in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Québec runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Québec right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Québec, updating every second from America/Toronto (UTC −4).
- Which time zone is Québec in?
- Québec uses America/Toronto, currently UTC −4.
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