Timaru in numbers
- Coordinates
- -44.3967, 171.2540
- Population
- 29 300
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 449 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
The clock on this page follows the local time of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Timaru, New Zealand
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Timaru
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Timaru.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:07 AM Solar noon 1:20 PM Sunset 8:33 PM Daylight 14 h 27 min Night 9 h 33 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 9:06 PM
Weather in Timaru right now
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Timaru and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7940
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 Timaru
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Timaru Port — 0.4 km
- Parkside — 0.7 km
- Seaview — 1.0 km
- Maori Hill — 1.3 km
- Kensington — 1.8 km
- Watlington — 1.9 km
Time and daylight in Timaru
Today's times for Timaru: the sun is up at 6:07 AM and down at 8:33 PM. That means 14 h 27 min of daylight.
No adjustment is needed moving between Timaru, Timaru Port and Parkside.
1 postal code is attached to Timaru.
The zone in force in Timaru is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of UTC+13. Seasonal change: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Timaru?
- Timaru is assigned to the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +13.
- Is the offset in Timaru changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Timaru.
- The sun sets at 8:33 PM.