Lake Tekapo in numbers
- Coordinates
- -44.0064, 170.4800
- Population
- 330
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 463 km away
What time is it in Lake Tekapo, Canterbury, New Zealand
Local time in Lake Tekapo, Canterbury, New Zealand is shown on this page, based on the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Lake Tekapo
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lake Tekapo, Canterbury.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 1:25 PM Sunset 8:03 PM Daylight 13 h 17 min Night 10 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 8:33 PM
Weather in Lake Tekapo right now
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Lake Tekapo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7945
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
- Mackenzie District — 8.0 km
- Burkes Pass — 16.1 km
- Kimbell — 22.1 km
- Simons Pass — 26.7 km
- Winscombe — 28.2 km
- Ashwick Flat — 28.2 km
Lake Tekapo: clock, sun and surroundings
1 postal code describe the layout of Lake Tekapo.
Time in Lake Tekapo runs on Pacific/Auckland, which is UTC+13. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Expect sunrise at 6:46 AM and sunset at 8:03 PM in Lake Tekapo today. Daylight adds up to 13 h 17 min.
Around Lake Tekapo, places such as Mackenzie District and Burkes Pass use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Lake Tekapo?
- The time zone label used for Lake Tekapo is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Does Lake Tekapo run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Lake Tekapo: Yes.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Lake Tekapo today?
- Sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 8:03 PM.