Palmerston North City in numbers
- Coordinates
- -40.4019, 175.6440
- Region
- Manawatu-Wanganui
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 123 km away
What time is it in Palmerston North City, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Watch the current local time in Palmerston North City, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, running on the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Palmerston North City, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Palmerston North City
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Palmerston North City keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:28 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 7:39 PM Daylight 13 h 11 min Night 10 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:00 AM – 8:08 PM
Weather in Palmerston North City right now
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Palmerston North City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4471 Aokautere — 4.4 km away
- 4440 Hokowhitu — 4.5 km away
- 4446 Hokowhitu — 4.5 km away
- 4448 Summerhill — 5.3 km away
- 4443 West End — 5.6 km away
- 4412 Awapuni — 5.8 km away
- 4445 Awapuni — 5.8 km away
- 4410 Summerhill — 6.0 km away
- 4444 Terrace End — 6.1 km away
- 4441 Terrace End — 6.1 km away
- 4442 Takaro — 6.7 km away
- 4414 Kelvin Grove — 8.1 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
- Palmerston North 90 500
- Whanganui 49 200
- Levin 19 789
- Hokowhitu 11 730
- Awapuni 9 050
- Kelvin Grove 8 170
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Fitzherbert — 2.9 km
- Aokautere — 4.4 km
- Hokowhitu — 4.5 km
- West End — 5.6 km
- Palmerston North — 5.8 km
- Awapuni — 5.8 km
Local time details for Palmerston North City
The offset in Palmerston North City is UTC+13, under the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise today in Palmerston North City lands at 6:28 AM; sunset lands at 7:39 PM. That is 13 h 11 min of light.
Nearby places that share Palmerston North City's clock include Fitzherbert and Aokautere.
12 postal codes are current for Palmerston North City.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Palmerston North City be stated?
- It should be stated as Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Palmerston North City?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Palmerston North City?
- It sets at 7:39 PM.