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Time in New Zealand now

07:49:03

Friday, March 20 2026, week 12

Equinox / Nowruz (Persian New Year) / International Day of Happiness

New Zealand (incl. dependent territories and outlying islands) has 5 time zones. The time zone for the capital Wellington is used here.
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Time zone info for New Zealand

UTC +13

New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)
now 17 hours ahead of New York

From 5 April 2026: UTC +12 / New Zealand Standard Time (NZST)
The IANA time zone identifier for New Zealand is Pacific/Auckland.

Sunday September 28 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +13 / New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday April 5 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +12 / New Zealand Standard Time (NZST).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from New Zealand

Los Angeles	−20 hours	−20 hours
Chicago	−18 hours	−18 hours
New York	−17 hours	−17 hours
Toronto	−17 hours	−17 hours
São Paulo	−16 hours	−16 hours
London	−13 hours	−13 hours
UTC	−13 hours	−13 hours
Lagos	−12 hours	−12 hours
Paris	−12 hours	−12 hours
Zurich	−12 hours	−12 hours
Cairo	−11 hours	−11 hours
Johannesburg	−11 hours	−11 hours
Istanbul	−10 hours	−10 hours
Moscow	−10 hours	−10 hours
Dubai	−9 hours	−9 hours
Mumbai	−7.5 hours	−7.5 hours
Hong Kong	−5 hours	−5 hours
Shanghai	−5 hours	−5 hours
Singapore	−5 hours	−5 hours
Tokyo	−4 hours	−4 hours
Sydney	−2 hours	−2 hours

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New Zealand on the map

Continent: Oceania
Area: 268,680 km²
Capital: Wellington
Currency: Dollar (NZD)
Calling code: +64
Internet top level domain: .nz
Latitude: -42.00. Longitude: 174.00
Population: 4,886,000

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Annual average temperatures
for New Zealand 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.