Current time in Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, keeps Eastern Standard Time: UTC-05:00 in winter and UTC-04:00 in summer.
Current time in Montreal
10:22:10
America/Toronto · UTC-05:00
Time zone in Montreal
Sunrise and sunset in Montreal
Sun and clock in Montreal
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Montreal falls at 11:54: the city sits almost on the meridian its clock is set to.
America/Toronto is named after Toronto, 500 km to the west. The sun crosses the meridian over Montreal 23 minutes earlier than over Toronto, although the two clocks always agree.
Daylight through the year in Montreal
The latest sunrise of the year, 07:41 on November 6, comes on the last morning before the clocks go back, so it is darker than any midwinter morning.
On the same clock, the sun rises in Montreal between 17 and 31 minutes earlier and sets between 16 and 30 minutes earlier than in Toronto, depending on the date, and Montreal’s longest day is 15 minutes longer than Toronto’s.
Milan, at 45.5°N, lies on almost the same parallel as Montreal, so its days stay within 1 minute of Montreal’s all year; its clock is 6 h ahead of Montreal for most of the year and 5 h ahead of Montreal for part of it.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:53 | 16:24 | 9 h 31 m |
| December 15 | 07:28 | 16:11 | 8 h 44 m |
| January 15 | 07:31 | 16:37 | 9 h 6 m |
| February 15 | 06:56 | 17:21 | 10 h 24 m |
| March 15 | 07:07 | 18:59 | 11 h 52 m |
| April 15 | 06:09 | 19:40 | 13 h 31 m |
| May 15 | 05:24 | 20:17 | 14 h 54 m |
| June 15 | 05:05 | 20:45 | 15 h 40 m |
| July 15 | 05:20 | 20:40 | 15 h 20 m |
| August 15 | 05:55 | 20:03 | 14 h 8 m |
| September 15 | 06:33 | 19:07 | 12 h 34 m |
| October 15 | 07:10 | 18:10 | 10 h 59 m |
When the clocks change in Montreal
Montreal follows the North American rule: clocks go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, at 02:00 local time in each zone.
Montreal has no tz database entry of its own: it keeps America/Toronto, named after Toronto. The database promises that the two clocks have agreed since 1970, and makes no claim for the years before. The rules that entry follows, and how long they have applied, are on the Toronto page.
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2027 | Forward one hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 | UTC-04:00 |
| November 7, 2027 | Back one hour: 02:00 becomes 01:00 | UTC-05:00 |
Calling Montreal from another time zone
| Place | Montreal’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 14:00–22:00 | — | — |
| New York | 09:00–17:00 | 8 h, 09:00–17:00 Montreal time | always 8 h |
| London | 14:00–22:00 | 3 h, 09:00–12:00 Montreal time | 3 h to 4 h |
| Tokyo | 23:00–07:00 | none | none all year |
Montreal compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Montreal | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | the same time | all year |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 5 h ahead | 4 h ahead / 5 h ahead |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 9 h ahead | 8 h ahead / 9 h ahead |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 10 h 30 min ahead | 9 h 30 min ahead / 10 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 13 h ahead | 12 h ahead / 13 h ahead |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 14 h ahead | 13 h ahead / 14 h ahead |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 16 h ahead | 14 h ahead / 15 h ahead / 16 h ahead |
Nearby cities
Other places in this directory that keep America/Toronto time: Toronto.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 400 km south-east | same clock | 10 minutes earlier |
| Toronto | 500 km west | same clock | 23 minutes later |
| New York | 530 km south | same clock | 2 minutes later |
| Washington, D.C. | 790 km south | same clock | 14 minutes later |
| Chicago | 1,200 km west | 1 h behind | 56 minutes later |
| Atlanta | 1,600 km south-west | same clock | 43 minutes later |
| Miami | 2,270 km south | same clock | 26 minutes later |
| Dallas | 2,440 km south-west | 1 h behind | 1 h 33 min later |
Beyond Montreal’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Boston, 400 km to the south-east, on America/New_York.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Montreal in?
Montreal keeps America/Toronto, Eastern Standard Time, at UTC-05:00, moving to Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00) during summer time. The identifier is named after Toronto; Montreal has shown the same time as Toronto since at least 1970.
Is all of Canada on the same time as Montreal?
No. The tz database entries for Canada keep 5 different standard times, from UTC-07:00 (Vancouver) to UTC-03:30 (Newfoundland Time). Montreal keeps one in between, with 2 lower and 2 higher.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Montreal?
The Bahamas, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Islands and the United States (Detroit, Marengo, Petersburg, Vevay, Vincennes, Winamac, Indianapolis, Monticello, Louisville and New York) keep exactly Montreal’s clock, changing on the same dates. Within Canada, one other tz database entry matches it too.
What is the time difference between Montreal and Chicago?
The clock in Chicago, the United States, about 1,200 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h behind Montreal.