Canada
Time now in Vancouver
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Sunrise 07:23Sunset 06:35Time zone UTC −7
Time zone
America/Vancouver
UTC offset
UTC −7
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
662,248
Sunrise
07:23
Sunset
06:35
Day length
11h 11m
Coordinates
49.25, -123.11
Time difference from Vancouver
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Vancouver right now.
Vancouver on the map
About the time in Vancouver
The zone identifier America/Vancouver is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Vancouver keeps pointing at Vancouver time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Vancouver runs on America/Vancouver, which puts the city UTC −7 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.
Around 662,248 people live in Vancouver, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Frequently asked questions about time in Vancouver
- When do the sun rise and set in Vancouver today?
- Sunrise is at 07:23 and sunset at 06:35, giving 11h 11m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Vancouver in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Vancouver runs from 16:00–00:00 UTC today.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Vancouver, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Vancouver right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Vancouver, updating every second from America/Vancouver (UTC −7).
8,222 places in Canada
Other cities in the same country, sized by population.