Rotorua in numbers
- Coordinates
- -38.1387, 176.2450
- Population
- 65 901
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 372 km away
What time is it in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
The page gives the present local time in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, whose time zone is Pacific/Auckland (+13).
Rotorua, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Rotorua
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rotorua.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:29 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 7:34 PM Daylight 13 h 06 min Night 10 h 54 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 8:02 PM
Weather in Rotorua right now
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Rotorua and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3044 Glenholme — 1.1 km away
- 3047 Mangakakahi — 1.1 km away
- 3010 Ohinemutu — 1.2 km away
- 3046 Koutu — 2.2 km away
- 3040 Ngapuna — 2.8 km away
- 3045 Ngapuna — 2.8 km away
- 3043 Whakarewarewa — 3.0 km away
- 3015 Sunnybrook — 3.2 km away
- 3048 Tihiotonga — 3.8 km away
- 3042 Owhata — 4.7 km away
- 3041 Ngongotaha — 7.3 km away
- 3072 Tarukenga — 10.4 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Bay of Plenty
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Victoria — 0.7 km
- Mangakakahi — 1.1 km
- Glenholme — 1.1 km
- Ohinemutu — 1.2 km
- Utuhina — 1.3 km
- Hillcrest — 1.5 km
Local time details for Rotorua
The postal code count for Rotorua is 12.
Rotorua uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone with a UTC+13 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Rotorua has sunrise at 6:29 AM today and sunset at 7:34 PM. Light holds for 13 h 06 min.
Both Victoria and Glenholme are near Rotorua and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Rotorua?
- Rotorua uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone, which has an offset of +13.
- Does Rotorua observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Rotorua?
- The hour is 7:34 PM.