Time in Rotorua, New Zealand | Rotorua Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Rotorua
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 Rotorua 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 Rotorua 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 Rotorua
- ▪Sunrise: 06:20
- ▪Sunset: 19:39
- ▪Day length: 13h 18m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:59
- ▪Current time in Rotorua is currently 59 minutes ahead of solar time.
Rotorua on map
- ▪Location: Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- ▪Latitude: -38,14. Longitude: 176,25
- ▪Population: 65,901
- ▪Elevation: 287 m
Time difference
from Rotorua
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:20
Solar noon 12:59Sunset 19:39
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, 10 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792639402
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:20
- Sunset
- 19:39
- Solar noon
- 12:59
- Day length
- 13h 18m
- Night length
- 10h 41m
- Civil twilight
- 05:53 – 20:06
Geography & country
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region / State
- Bay of Plenty
- Coordinates
- -38.139°, 176.245°
- Elevation
- 287 m
- Population
- 65,901
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