What Time Is It In Salmon Arm, British Columbia? A Guide To Salmon Arm’s Time Zone

Salmon Arm is a city located in the interior of British Columbia Canada. With a population of around 18,000, it sits on the shores of Shuswap Lake in the Shuswap Country region. If you’re wondering what time it is in Salmon Arm this guide will provide all the details you need on Salmon Arm’s time zone and current local time.

Salmon Arm’s Location Sets The Time Zone

Salmon Arm is positioned at 50°42’N latitude and 119°17’W longitude. This places the city in the Mountain Time Zone along with the rest of British Columbia except for a few areas in the west. Specifically, Salmon Arm falls within the Pacific Time Zone which covers western parts of Canada and the United States.

The Pacific Time Zone is 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This means that when it’s noon in London, England, it’s 4:00AM in Salmon Arm. The city shares its time zone with major cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.

Daylight Saving Time In Salmon Arm

Like most of Canada, Salmon Arm observes Daylight Saving Time (DST). Clocks move forward by one hour at 2:00AM on the second Sunday in March each year. This year, that was March 9, 2025.

DST aims to make better use of daylight in the evenings. By moving clocks ahead, sunset comes later according to clock time.

Clocks then move back one hour at 2:00AM on the first Sunday in November. For 2025, that will be November 2nd. When DST ends, sunrises and sunsets will come one hour earlier by the clock.

During DST, Salmon Arm is 7 hours behind UTC instead of the usual 8 hours. DST lasts just over 8 months of the year in the city.

Salmon Arm’s Current Local Time

To check Salmon Arm’s current time, look up “Salmon Arm time” or “time in Salmon Arm, BC” online. Timeanddate.com offers an easy option, with a handy worldwide time zone converter and meeting planner.

As of writing on June 16, 2025 at 9:53AM PDT, the current time in Salmon Arm is:

• 8:53AM Pacific Daylight Time
• 11:53AM Eastern Daylight Time
• 4:53PM British Summer Time
• 12:53AM +1 day Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

So a quick time zone calculation confirms it’s 3 hours earlier in Salmon Arm than Toronto and New York and 3 hours later than Los Angeles right now.

More On Salmon Arm’s Time Zone

A few more facts about Salmon Arm’s Pacific Time Zone:

• Official abbreviation is PDT for Pacific Daylight Time or PST for Pacific Standard Time.
• During DST, Salmon Arm is one hour ahead of the state of Arizona. Arizona doesn’t observe DST.
• When DST ends in November, Salmon Arm will be back in sync with Los Angeles time.
• Local mean solar time in Salmon Arm is Pacific Standard Time minus 2 minutes and 4 seconds. This accounts for its position within the time zone.
• Other cities in the same time zone include Kelowna, Kamloops, and Prince George.