Kaiapoi in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.3783, 172.6400
- Population
- 13 700
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 291 km away
What time is it in Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand
The reading below is the local time in Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand, taken from the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Kaiapoi
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Kaiapoi keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:07 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 8:21 PM Daylight 14 h 14 min Night 9 h 46 min Civil twilight 5:36 AM – 8:53 PM
Weather in Kaiapoi right now
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Kaiapoi and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7630
- 7644
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
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Flaxton — 3.2 km
- Kainga — 4.0 km
- Clarkville — 4.7 km
- Wetheral — 4.8 km
- Tuahiwi — 5.1 km
- Southbrook — 6.0 km
Time and daylight in Kaiapoi
Nearby Flaxton and Kainga follow the same clock as Kaiapoi.
2 postal codes are listed for Kaiapoi.
Kaiapoi is served by the Pacific/Auckland time zone, offset UTC+13. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Kaiapoi at 6:07 AM today and the sun goes down at 8:21 PM. That gives the day 14 h 14 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Kaiapoi?
- Select Pacific/Auckland for Kaiapoi; the offset is +13.
- Does the clock in Kaiapoi move for summer time?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Kaiapoi?
- The sun sets in Kaiapoi at 8:21 PM.