Current time in Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand Time
UTC+13:00- Time zone
- New Zealand Time · Pacific/Auckland
- UTC offset now
- UTC+13:00 NZDT
- Abbreviation
- NZST / NZDT
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Sunday in September at 02:00, back the first Sunday in April at 03:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 03:00 (NZDT → NZST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- New Zealand · 36.85° S, 174.76° E
- Population
- 1,547,200
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Auckland at about 12:21 standard time: the clock runs about 21 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:12 and 13:35 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 21) | 07:24 | 19:31 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 07:33 | 17:11 | 9h 38m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:09 | 18:17 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 05:58 | 20:40 | 14h 42m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:00–19:22 (12 h 22 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Wellington · 490 km
- Kingston, Norfolk Island · 1,070 km · clock 2 h behind
- Nouméa, New Caledonia · 1,810 km · clock 2 h behind
- Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2,000 km
- Suva, Fiji · 2,110 km · clock 1 h behind
- Nasinu, Fiji · 2,120 km · clock 1 h behind