Whakatane in numbers
- Coordinates
- -37.9585, 176.9850
- Population
- 18 602
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 416 km away
What time is it in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Learn the current time in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, a place in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Whakatane, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Whakatane
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Whakatane.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:26 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 7:31 PM Daylight 13 h 05 min Night 10 h 55 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 7:58 PM
Weather in Whakatane right now
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Whakatane and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3158
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
- Poroporo — 3.2 km
- Ohope Beach — 8.2 km
- Otangihaku — 8.4 km
- Awakeri — 8.8 km
- Thornton — 11.3 km
- Taneatua — 12.4 km
Time and daylight in Whakatane
Both Poroporo and Ohope Beach are near Whakatane and keep its time.
Whakatane carries 1 postal code.
The name of the time zone in Whakatane is Pacific/Auckland, and it runs UTC+13. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Whakatane at 6:26 AM and sets at 7:31 PM. That is 13 h 05 min of daylight in all.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Whakatane based on Pacific/Auckland?
- Yes, local time in Whakatane is based on Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Is the time in Whakatane adjusted seasonally?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Whakatane?
- Local sunrise is 6:26 AM.