Time in Palmerston North, New Zealand | Palmerston North Now
Friday, 23 October 2026
Time zone information for Palmerston North
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 Palmerston North 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 Palmerston North 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 Palmerston North
- ▪Sunrise: 06:18
- ▪Sunset: 19:46
- ▪Day length: 13h 27m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:01
- ▪Current time in Palmerston North is currently 61 minutes ahead of solar time.
Palmerston North on map
- ▪Location: Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
- ▪Latitude: -40,36. Longitude: 175,61
- ▪Population: 90,500
- ▪Elevation: 34 m
Time difference
from Palmerston North
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:18
Solar noon 13:01Sunset 19:46
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Pacific/Auckland- Abbreviation
- NZDT
- UTC offset
- UTC+13:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 4 Apr 2027in 162 days, 21 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792685589
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:18
- Sunset
- 19:46
- Solar noon
- 13:01
- Day length
- 13h 27m
- Night length
- 10h 32m
- Civil twilight
- 05:50 – 20:14
Geography & country
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region / State
- Manawatu-Wanganui
- Coordinates
- -40.356°, 175.611°
- Elevation
- 34 m
- Population
- 90,500
Nearby places
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