Time in St John's
St John's runs on America/St_Johns, currently UTC-2:30. Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
St John's, Canada
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- America/St_Johns
- Abbreviation
- —
- Standard offset
- UTC-3:30
- Daylight offset
- UTC-2:30
- Country
- Canada (CA)
- Coordinates
- 47.56, -52.71
Daylight saving time
Clocks in St John's change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-11-01 at 01:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC-2:30 → UTC-3:30)
- 2027-03-14 at 01:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC-3:30 → UTC-2:30)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:04
- Sunset
- 20:04
- Daylight
- 14 hours
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is St John's in?
- St John's uses the America/St_Johns time zone, currently UTC-2:30. Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does St John's observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. St John's moves between UTC-3:30 in winter and UTC-2:30 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between St John's and UTC?
- UTC-2:30 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC-3:30 and UTC-2:30 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in St John's?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:04 and sunset 20:04 local time, giving 14 hours of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.