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What time is it in Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand

See the local time in Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand right now, measured in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).

Waimakariri District, New Zealand

11:56:18 PM

Monday, 9 November 2026

UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland

Local time in Waimakariri District

UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in Waimakariri District, Canterbury.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:05 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 8:26 PM Daylight 14 h 21 min Night 9 h 39 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 8:58 PM

Weather in Waimakariri District right now

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Waimakariri District and its neighbours

Waimakariri District at -43.2075, 172.3330 with the nearest towns within 20.2 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

7444 Cust — 12.5 km away

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.

Waimakariri District in numbers

Coordinates: -43.2075, 172.3330
Region: Canterbury
Country: New Zealand, Oceania
Capital: Wellington — 293 km away

Largest cities in Canterbury

Christchurch 419 200
Rolleston 34 100
Timaru 29 300
Ashburton 21 600
Rangiora 19 300
Kaiapoi 13 700

Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland

Auckland New Zealand

Nearby places

Bennetts — 10.6 km
Cust — 12.5 km
North Loburn — 13.6 km
Horrelville — 14.0 km
Springbank — 14.6 km
Oxford — 15.9 km

Time and daylight in Waimakariri District

Postal codes assigned across Waimakariri District total 1.

Local time in Waimakariri District comes from the Pacific/Auckland zone, UTC+13. Daylight saving time: Yes.

Sunrise at Waimakariri District today happens at 6:05 AM, sunset at 8:26 PM. The two are 14 h 21 min apart.

Nearby, Bennetts and Cust go by the same clock as Waimakariri District.

Questions and answers

Is Waimakariri District in a specific time zone?: Yes, Waimakariri District is in the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +13.
Does Waimakariri District run on daylight saving time for part of the year?: Daylight saving in Waimakariri District: Yes.
Please give the sunset time for Waimakariri District.: The sun sets at 8:26 PM.