Palmerston North in numbers
- Coordinates
- -40.3564, 175.6110
- Population
- 90 500
- Region
- Manawatu-Wanganui
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 125 km away
What time is it in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Below is the local time in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, kept in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+12).
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+12 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Palmerston North
UTC+12 · no daylight saving time
Palmerston North keeps Pacific/Auckland time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:39 Solar noon 12:18 Sunset 17:57 Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 06:12 – 18:25
Weather in Palmerston North right now
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Palmerston North and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4448 Summerhill — 0.5 km away
- 4410 Summerhill — 0.6 km away
- 4443 West End — 1.5 km away
- 4444 Terrace End — 1.8 km away
- 4441 Terrace End — 1.8 km away
- 4442 Takaro — 1.8 km away
- 4440 Hokowhitu — 2.1 km away
- 4446 Hokowhitu — 2.1 km away
- 4478 Milson — 3.1 km away
- 4412 Awapuni — 3.2 km away
- 4445 Awapuni — 3.2 km away
- 4414 Kelvin Grove — 4.2 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.
Largest cities in Manawatu-Wanganui
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- West End — 1.5 km
- Takaro — 1.8 km
- Terrace End — 1.8 km
- Hokowhitu — 2.1 km
- Cloverlea — 2.2 km
- Roslyn — 2.3 km
Time and daylight in Palmerston North
The offset in Palmerston North is UTC+12, under the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Daylight saving time: No.
Daylight arrives in Palmerston North at 06:39 and departs at 17:57. It lasts 11 h 18 min today.
The clock reading for Palmerston North covers nearby West End and Terrace End as well.
Delivery zones in Palmerston North are marked by 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Palmerston North fall?
- Palmerston North falls under Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +12.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Palmerston North?
- Daylight saving in Palmerston North: No.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Palmerston North?
- Yes, it is 17:57.