Somerton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.7500, 171.9170
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 360 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Somerton, Canterbury, New Zealand
The time now in Somerton, Canterbury, New Zealand is shown here, following the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Somerton, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Somerton
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Somerton.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:41 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 7:57 PM Daylight 13 h 16 min Night 10 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 8:27 PM
Weather in Somerton right now
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Somerton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7784
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 Somerton
- Somerton Pennsylvania, United States
- Somerton Arizona, United States
- Somerton England, United Kingdom
- Somerton New South Wales, Australia
- Somerton Victoria, Australia
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
About the time in Somerton
Within Somerton, postal codes number 1.
Somerton tells time by Pacific/Auckland, an offset of UTC+13. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Expect sunrise at 6:41 AM and sunset at 7:57 PM in Somerton today. Daylight adds up to 13 h 16 min.
The same hours are kept in Somerton and in nearby Hatfield and Mitcham.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Somerton uses?
- Somerton uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +13.
- What time zone rules apply in Somerton — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Somerton: Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Somerton?
- In Somerton the sun sets at 7:57 PM.