Time in Christchurch, New Zealand | Christchurch Now
Saturday, 7 November 2026
Time zone information for Christchurch
UTC +13
New Zealand Time (NZDT) , currently 6 hours ahead of Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +12 / New Zealand Standard Time (NZST)
▪Time in Christchurch is 5 hours ahead of Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 6 hours ahead of Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Christchurch is
Pacific/Auckland.September26Saturday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving 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.
April3Saturday2027
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +12 / New Zealand Standard Time (NZST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Christchurch
- ▪Sunrise: 06:04
- ▪Sunset: 20:22
- ▪Day length: 14h 18m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:13
- ▪Current time in Christchurch is currently 73 minutes ahead of solar time.
Christchurch on map
- ▪Location: Canterbury, New Zealand
- ▪Latitude: -43,53. Longitude: 172,63
- ▪Population: 419,200
- ▪Elevation: 14 m
Time difference
from Christchurch
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:04
Solar noon 13:13Sunset 20:22
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Pacific/Auckland- Abbreviation
- NZDT
- UTC offset
- UTC+13:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 4 Apr 2027in 147 days, 8 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1794030029
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:04
- Sunset
- 20:22
- Solar noon
- 13:13
- Day length
- 14h 18m
- Night length
- 9h 41m
- Civil twilight
- 05:32 – 20:54
Geography & country
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region / State
- Canterbury
- Coordinates
- -43.533°, 172.633°
- Elevation
- 14 m
- Population
- 419,200
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