Current time in Québec, Canada

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC-05:00 in winter, UTC-04:00 in summer.

Current time in Québec, Canada
10:56 03
Friday, May 8, 2026 EDT UTC-04:00 DST in effect
UTC Offset
UTC-04:00
IANA time zone
America/Toronto
Daylight saving
DST in effect
EST / EDT
Next DST change
November 1
backward -1h
Quick answer

The current local time in Québec, Canada is ⁦10:56⁩ (⁦EDT⁩), which is ⁦UTC-04:00⁩.

Québec is in Canada, located at 46.812, -71.215.

The current time zone for Québec is EDT, whose offset is UTC-04:00 from UTC. The IANA identifier is America/Toronto.

The next daylight saving transition is November 1, 2026, when clocks move backward by 1 hour.

Timezone in Québec

Eastern Standard Time (EST)

IANA time zone: America/Toronto
During winter
EST
Eastern Standard Time
UTC-05:00
Currently active
EDT
Eastern Daylight Time
UTC-04:00

Daylight in Québec today

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Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
14h 44m

Québec, Canada

Country
Canada
ISO code
CA
Coordinates
46.8123° N, 71.2145° W
IANA zone
America/Toronto
Population
531,902
Local time10:56

Québec on the map · time zone

Québec, Canada

  • Local time10:56
  • UTC offsetUTC-04:00
  • Time zoneAmerica/Toronto
  • StatusDaylight saving
Coordinates
46.81°, -71.21°

World clock

Compared with Québec

Daylight saving time in Québec

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC-05:00 in winter, UTC-04:00 in summer.

Next DST change November 1, 2026
Direction backward
Amount 1h

DST schedule — recent & upcoming years

Spring-forward and fall-back dates in Québec.

  • 2025
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 9, 2025,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 2, 2025,
  • 2026
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 8, 2026,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 1, 2026,
  • 2027
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 14, 2027,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 7, 2027,
  • 2028
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 12, 2028,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 5, 2028,
YearDST start (spring forward)DST end (fall back)
2025Mar 9, 2025, Nov 2, 2025,
2026Mar 8, 2026, Nov 1, 2026,
2027Mar 14, 2027, Nov 7, 2027,
2028Mar 12, 2028, Nov 5, 2028,

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Québec, here are the local times elsewhere.

Québec New YorkMexico CitySão PauloLondonParisBerlinDubaiMumbai
00:00 00:00 22:00 -1 01:00 05:00 06:00 06:00 08:00 09:30
01:00 01:00 23:00 -1 02:00 06:00 07:00 07:00 09:00 10:30
02:00 02:00 00:00 03:00 07:00 08:00 08:00 10:00 11:30
03:00 03:00 01:00 04:00 08:00 09:00 09:00 11:00 12:30
04:00 04:00 02:00 05:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 12:00 13:30
05:00 05:00 03:00 06:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 13:00 14:30
06:00 06:00 04:00 07:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 15:30
07:00 07:00 05:00 08:00 12:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 16:30
08:00 08:00 06:00 09:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 16:00 17:30
09:00 09:00 07:00 10:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 17:00 18:30
10:00 10:00 08:00 11:00 15:00 16:00 16:00 18:00 19:30
11:00 11:00 09:00 12:00 16:00 17:00 17:00 19:00 20:30
12:00 12:00 10:00 13:00 17:00 18:00 18:00 20:00 21:30
13:00 13:00 11:00 14:00 18:00 19:00 19:00 21:00 22:30
14:00 14:00 12:00 15:00 19:00 20:00 20:00 22:00 23:30
15:00 15:00 13:00 16:00 20:00 21:00 21:00 23:00 00:30 +1
16:00 16:00 14:00 17:00 21:00 22:00 22:00 00:00 +1 01:30 +1
17:00 17:00 15:00 18:00 22:00 23:00 23:00 01:00 +1 02:30 +1
18:00 18:00 16:00 19:00 23:00 00:00 +1 00:00 +1 02:00 +1 03:30 +1
19:00 19:00 17:00 20:00 00:00 +1 01:00 +1 01:00 +1 03:00 +1 04:30 +1
20:00 20:00 18:00 21:00 01:00 +1 02:00 +1 02:00 +1 04:00 +1 05:30 +1
21:00 21:00 19:00 22:00 02:00 +1 03:00 +1 03:00 +1 05:00 +1 06:30 +1
22:00 22:00 20:00 23:00 03:00 +1 04:00 +1 04:00 +1 06:00 +1 07:30 +1
23:00 23:00 21:00 00:00 +1 04:00 +1 05:00 +1 05:00 +1 07:00 +1 08:30 +1

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Québec, Canada is 10:56 (EDT). Québec uses the America/Toronto time zone, which is UTC-04:00.

Québec uses EST (UTC-05:00) in winter and switches to EDT (UTC-04:00) during daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is America/Toronto.

Yes. The next daylight saving transition in Québec is on November 1, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Québec is America/Toronto. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.

It is currently AM in Québec. The local time is 10:56 (EDT).

Québec is UTC-05:00 from UTC during standard time and UTC-04:00 during daylight saving time. It is currently UTC-04:00.

The next daylight saving transition in Québec is on November 1, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 01:00 local time.

Québec is currently the same time as New York.