Wellington, New Zealand
Current time in New Zealand
Time zone: NZST (UTC/GMT +12:00) — Pacific/Auckland
| Standard Time Zone: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) = UTC+12 Daylight Saving Time Zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) = UTC+13 Time in New Zealand is divided by law into two standard time zones. The main islands use New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), 12 hours in advance of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), while the outlying Chatham Islands use Chatham Standard Time (CHAST), 12 hours 45 minutes in advance of UTC.During summer months – from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April – daylight saving time is observed and clocks are advanced one hour. New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) is 13 hours ahead of UTC, and Chatham Daylight Time (CHADT) 13 hours 45 minutes ahead.New Zealand's associated states – the Cook Islands and Niue – and the dependent territory of Tokelau use several different time zones at their own discretion.Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. Auckland is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. |
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Current Time in other Cities of New Zealand
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| Auckland |
| Blenheim |
| Cambridge |
| Christchurch |
| Dunedin |
| Feilding |
| Gisborne |
| Greymouth |
| Hamilton |
| Hawera |
| Invercargill |
| Kerikeri |
| Levin |
| Lower Hutt |
| Masterton |
| Napier-Hastings |
| Nelson |
| New Plymouth |
| Oamaru |
| Palmerston North |
| Papakura |
| Paraparaumu |
| Porirua |
| Pukekohe |
| Queenstown |
| Rangiora |
Wellington clocks, offsets and daylight saving
Clocks in Wellington are set to NZST, 12 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+12:00). Software that asks for a region wants Pacific/Auckland — the IANA identifier for this zone.
This zone does shift. On Sunday, 27 September 2026 the clocks go forward 1 hour and Wellington moves to NZDT, so anything booked across that date needs checking.
Time gaps from Wellington right now
Live differences from Wellington, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Wellington is 16 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Wellington is 19 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Wellington is 11 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Wellington is 10 hours ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Wellington is 8 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Wellington is 6 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Wellington is 4 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Wellington is 3 hours ahead |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Wellington is 2 hours ahead |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Wellington is 15 hours ahead |
Best time to call Wellington
Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Wellington local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.
| Sydney | 11:00–17:00 in Wellington | 6 hours overlap |
| Tokyo | 12:00–17:00 in Wellington | 5 hours overlap |
| Shanghai | 13:00–17:00 in Wellington | 4 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 15:30–17:00 in Wellington | 1.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with New York, Los Angeles, London or Paris, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Wellington's time zone
These New Zealand cities also use Pacific/Auckland, so their clocks read identically to Wellington at every moment of the year.
Manukau City North Shore North Shore Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Cambridge Christchurch
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