Clifton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.5644, 172.7490
- Population
- 1 900
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 303 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Clifton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Learn the current time in Clifton, Canterbury, New Zealand, a place in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Clifton, New Zealand
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Clifton
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Clifton, Canterbury.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:09 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 8:18 PM Daylight 14 h 09 min Night 9 h 51 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 8:50 PM
Weather in Clifton right now
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Clifton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 8081 Sumner — 1.0 km away
- 8840 Sumner — 1.0 km away
- 8247 Mount Pleasant — 2.7 km away
- 8082 Lyttelton — 5.0 km away
- 8841 Lyttelton — 5.0 km away
- 8641 New Brighton — 5.5 km away
- 8023 Hillsborough — 6.0 km away
- 8246 Hillsborough — 6.0 km away
- 8241 Woolston — 6.1 km away
- 8061 Aranui — 6.6 km away
- 8643 Aranui — 6.6 km away
- 8642 Bromley — 6.9 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 Clifton
- Clifton New Jersey, United States
- Clifton Colorado, United States
- Clifton New York, United States
- Clifton Arizona, United States
- Clifton Texas, United States
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Moncks Bay — 0.6 km
- Sumner — 1.0 km
- Richmond Hill — 1.0 km
- Redcliffs — 1.0 km
- Southshore — 1.5 km
- Summer — 1.7 km
Clifton: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal codes valid in Clifton number 12.
Clifton carries the Pacific/Auckland zone, offset UTC+13. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Today Clifton gets sunrise at 6:09 AM and sunset at 8:18 PM. That leaves 14 h 09 min of daylight.
Around Clifton, places such as Moncks Bay and Richmond Hill use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Clifton?
- The time zone label used for Clifton is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Does the clock in Clifton follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Clifton: Yes.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Clifton?
- Sunset there is at 8:18 PM.