Riccarton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.5283, 172.5900
- Population
- 11 650
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 307 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Riccarton, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Riccarton
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Riccarton, Canterbury.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 7:56 PM Daylight 13 h 19 min Night 10 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 8:25 PM
Weather in Riccarton right now
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Riccarton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 8440
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 Riccarton
- Riccarton Scotland, United Kingdom
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Middleton — 1.4 km
- Fendalton — 1.5 km
- Upper Riccarton — 1.6 km
- Ilam — 2.0 km
- Hillmorton — 2.4 km
- Strowan — 2.4 km
About the time in Riccarton
Within Riccarton, postal codes number 1.
The local zone in Riccarton is Pacific/Auckland, standing at UTC+13. Whether daylight saving applies: Yes.
The day begins at Riccarton with sunrise at 6:37 AM and ends with sunset at 7:56 PM. Daylight totals 13 h 19 min.
No adjustment is needed moving between Riccarton, Middleton and Fendalton.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Riccarton?
- The value associated with Riccarton is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Riccarton?
- Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Riccarton?
- It disappears at 7:56 PM.