Time in New Zealand 🇳🇿
The current local time in New Zealand is anchored on Wellington (Pacific/Auckland, UTC +13:00 · NZDT).
Wellington local time
Monday, 12 October 2026 NZDT
New Zealand at a glance
- Capital
- Wellington
- ISO codes
- NZ · NZL
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 2
- Dialing code
- +64
- Currency
- New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Left
Time zones in New Zealand
All of New Zealand keeps the same clock: UTC +12:00 in standard time and UTC +13:00 during daylight saving time. The IANA tz database lists 2 zone identifiers for New Zealand; most exist only because their local clocks differed at some point in the past.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Pacific/Auckland · Auckland | UTC +12:00 | UTC +13:00 | Back 5 April · Forward 27 September |
Wellington vs. major cities
How far Wellington is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Wellington, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Wellington | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −17 h | 16:00 (prev. day) | 09:00–10:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −20 h | 13:00 (prev. day) | 09:00–13:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −16 h | 17:00 (prev. day) | None |
| London · United Kingdom | −12 h | 21:00 (prev. day) | None |
| Paris · France | −11 h | 22:00 (prev. day) | None |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −11 h | 22:00 (prev. day) | None |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | −7:30 h | 01:30 | 16:30–17:00 |
| Singapore · Singapore | −5 h | 04:00 | 14:00–17:00 |
| Beijing · China | −5 h | 04:00 | 14:00–17:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Wellington time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Wellington
Since 1970, Wellington has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 52 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 1975, is UTC +12:00 with UTC +13:00 in daylight saving time. Clocks currently go forward on the last Sunday in September and back on the first Sunday in April, a rule in place since 2008.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 5 April 2026 | Back 1 hour | 03:00 → 02:00 | UTC +12:00 |
| Sunday, 27 September 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC +13:00 |
| Sunday, 4 April 2027 | Back 1 hour | 03:00 → 02:00 | UTC +12:00 |
| Sunday, 26 September 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC +13:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970 (3 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC +12:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1974 | UTC +13:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1975–2026 | UTC +12:00, DST UTC +13:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in September, back on the first Sunday in April (since 2008) |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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