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
Use this page to see what time it is in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand — the Pacific/Auckland zone applies there (+13).
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Palmerston North
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Palmerston North keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:29 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 7:40 PM Daylight 13 h 11 min Night 10 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 8:08 PM
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+13, under the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The horizon brightens over Palmerston North at 6:29 AM, and the sun sets at 7:40 PM. Daylight runs 13 h 11 min.
West End and Takaro are close to Palmerston North and observe the same time.
Postal numbering in Palmerston North covers 12 codes.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Palmerston North fall?
- Palmerston North falls under Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Palmerston North?
- Daylight saving in Palmerston North: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Palmerston North?
- Yes, it is 7:40 PM.