Waimate in numbers
- Coordinates
- -44.7284, 171.0500
- Population
- 3 650
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 488 km away
What time is it in Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand
Use this page to see what time it is in Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand — the Pacific/Auckland zone applies there (+13).
Waimate, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Waimate
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Waimate, Canterbury.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 8:02 PM Daylight 13 h 19 min Night 10 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 8:32 PM
Weather in Waimate right now
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Waimate and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7924
- 7960
- 7978
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
- Waimate District — 2.8 km
- Waiariari — 5.7 km
- Studholme Junction — 6.6 km
- Willowbridge — 8.1 km
- Hook — 8.3 km
- Waihao Forks — 12.2 km
Time and daylight in Waimate
3 postal codes have been allocated to Waimate.
Waimate keeps the Pacific/Auckland zone, which is UTC+13. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Today, Waimate has first light at 6:43 AM and last light at 8:02 PM. Daylight lasts 13 h 19 min.
Waimate, Waimate District and Waiariari all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Waimate?
- The time in Waimate is calculated using Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Does the local time in Waimate change with daylight saving?
- Yes.
- When does evening light leave Waimate?
- At 8:02 PM.