Lyttelton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.6031, 172.7180
- Population
- 3 220
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 308 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Current local time for Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand is listed here, in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Lyttelton
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Lyttelton keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 7:54 PM Daylight 13 h 16 min Night 10 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 8:23 PM
Weather in Lyttelton right now
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Lyttelton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 8082
- 8841
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 Lyttelton
- Lyttelton Gauteng, South Africa
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Heathcote Valley — 2.8 km
- Diamond Harbour — 2.9 km
- Rapaki — 3.0 km
- Ferrymead — 4.2 km
- Moncks Bay — 4.4 km
- Summer — 4.5 km
Local time details for Lyttelton
The postal system lists 2 codes for Lyttelton.
Clocks in Lyttelton take Pacific/Auckland as their zone, reading UTC+13. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
First light in Lyttelton comes at 6:38 AM today; darkness returns after 7:54 PM. The day gives 13 h 16 min of light.
The clock in Lyttelton matches the clock in nearby Heathcote Valley and Diamond Harbour.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Lyttelton?
- Use Pacific/Auckland for Lyttelton; its offset is +13.
- Is daylight saving time used in Lyttelton?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Lyttelton?
- The hour is 7:54 PM.