Christchurch in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.5333, 172.6330
- Population
- 419 200
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 306 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
The time you see here is the local time in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+12).
Christchurch, New Zealand
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+12 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Christchurch
UTC+12 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Christchurch, Canterbury.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:54 Solar noon 12:30 Sunset 18:06 Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 06:25 – 18:35
Weather in Christchurch right now
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Christchurch and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 8011
- 8013
- 8140
- 8141
- 8142
- 8144
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 Christchurch
- Christchurch England, United Kingdom
- Christchurch England, United Kingdom
- Christchurch England, United Kingdom
- Christchurch England, United Kingdom
- Christchurch Wales, United Kingdom
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Linwood — 1.4 km
- Sydenham — 1.5 km
- Saint Albans — 2.3 km
- Waltham — 2.3 km
- Addington — 2.3 km
- Phillipstown — 2.4 km
Christchurch: clock, sun and surroundings
6 postal codes are in use across Christchurch.
Christchurch falls within Pacific/Auckland, which places it UTC+12 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Christchurch at 06:54 and leaves it at 18:06. Daylight comes to 11 h 12 min.
Neighbours of Christchurch such as Sydenham and Addington share its clock.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Christchurch uses?
- Christchurch uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +12.
- Does Christchurch change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Christchurch: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Christchurch today?
- Sunrise 06:54, sunset 18:06.