Upper Riccarton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.5283, 172.5700
- Population
- 7 990
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 308 km away
What time is it in Upper Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Use this page to see what time it is in Upper Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand — the Pacific/Auckland zone applies there (+13).
Upper Riccarton, New Zealand
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Upper Riccarton
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Upper Riccarton.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:02 AM Solar noon 1:15 PM Sunset 8:27 PM Daylight 14 h 25 min Night 9 h 35 min Civil twilight 5:30 AM – 8:59 PM
Weather in Upper Riccarton right now
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Upper Riccarton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 8442
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
- Ilam — 1.1 km
- Sockburn — 1.2 km
- Middleton — 1.4 km
- Riccarton — 1.6 km
- Hillmorton — 2.4 km
- Fendalton — 2.7 km
Upper Riccarton: clock, sun and surroundings
Upper Riccarton keeps the same time as its neighbours Ilam and Sockburn.
1 postal code correspond to Upper Riccarton.
Upper Riccarton follows Pacific/Auckland, giving it a UTC+13 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
Today the sun rises over Upper Riccarton at 6:02 AM and sets at 8:27 PM. That is 14 h 25 min of daylight in all.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone for Upper Riccarton?
- The time zone for Upper Riccarton is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Does Upper Riccarton use summer time?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Upper Riccarton?
- It appears at 6:02 AM.