Twizel in numbers
- Coordinates
- -44.2584, 170.1010
- Population
- 1 780
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 505 km away
What time is it in Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand
The present local time in Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand is given below, for the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Twizel, New Zealand
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Twizel
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Twizel.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:07 AM Solar noon 1:25 PM Sunset 8:43 PM Daylight 14 h 36 min Night 9 h 24 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 9:16 PM
Weather in Twizel right now
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Twizel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7901
- 7944
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
- Lake Pukaki — 9.2 km
- Clearburn — 13.8 km
- Simons Pass — 15.9 km
- Ohau — 20.2 km
- Omarama — 27.7 km
- Bog Roy — 34.3 km
Time and daylight in Twizel
Time runs the same in Twizel and in nearby Lake Pukaki and Clearburn.
Twizel appears under 2 postal codes.
Clocks across Twizel run on Pacific/Auckland at UTC+13. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Twizel at 6:07 AM today and the sun goes down at 8:43 PM. That gives the day 14 h 36 min of light.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Twizel identified?
- The time zone for Twizel is identified as Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Does Twizel switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Twizel: Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Twizel?
- It sets at 8:43 PM.