Ashburton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.8983, 171.7300
- Population
- 21 600
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 383 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Check the current local time in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand, which sits in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Ashburton, New Zealand
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Ashburton
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Ashburton, Canterbury.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:06 AM Solar noon 1:18 PM Sunset 8:30 PM Daylight 14 h 24 min Night 9 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 9:02 PM
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Ashburton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7700 Allenton — 1.4 km away
- 7742 Allenton — 1.4 km away
- 7740 Hampstead — 2.0 km away
- 7741 Tinwald — 2.3 km away
- 7774 Flemington — 13.2 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 Canterbury
Other places named Ashburton
- Ashburton Victoria, Australia
- Ashburton England, United Kingdom
- Ashburton KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Ashburton Maryland, United States
- Ashburton New South Wales, Australia
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Allenton — 1.4 km
- Ashburton District — 1.6 km
- Hampstead — 2.0 km
- Tinwald — 2.3 km
- Netherby — 2.4 km
- Fairton — 6.6 km
Local time details for Ashburton
Ashburton contains 5 postal codes.
Ashburton is on Pacific/Auckland time, which corresponds to UTC+13. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
The sun will rise at 6:06 AM and set at 8:30 PM in Ashburton today. Daylight amounts to 14 h 24 min.
Check Ashburton and you have also checked Allenton and Ashburton District.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Ashburton?
- The time zone name used for Ashburton is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Are the clocks in Ashburton adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Ashburton: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Ashburton?
- The sun sets in Ashburton at 8:30 PM.