Time in Nelson, New Zealand | Nelson Now
Friday, 23 October 2026
Time zone information for Nelson
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 Nelson 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 Nelson 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 Nelson
- ▪Sunrise: 06:26
- ▪Sunset: 19:56
- ▪Day length: 13h 30m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:11
- ▪Current time in Nelson is currently 71 minutes ahead of solar time.
Nelson on map
- ▪Location: Nelson Region, New Zealand
- ▪Latitude: -41,27. Longitude: 173,28
- ▪Population: 54,400
- ▪Elevation: 11 m
Time difference
from Nelson
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:26
Solar noon 13:11Sunset 19:56
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Pacific/Auckland- Abbreviation
- NZDT
- UTC offset
- UTC+13:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 4 Apr 2027in 163 days, 0 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792675304
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:26
- Sunset
- 19:56
- Solar noon
- 13:11
- Day length
- 13h 30m
- Night length
- 10h 29m
- Civil twilight
- 05:57 – 20:25
Geography & country
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region / State
- Nelson Region
- Coordinates
- -41.271°, 173.284°
- Elevation
- 11 m
- Population
- 54,400
Nearby places
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