Pongaroa in numbers
- Coordinates
- -40.5421, 176.1940
- Population
- 80
- Region
- Manawatu-Wanganui
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 145 km away
What time is it in Pongaroa, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
See what time it currently is in Pongaroa, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand — the time zone there is Pacific/Auckland (+13).
Pongaroa, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Pongaroa
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Pongaroa, Manawatu-Wanganui.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:28 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 7:36 PM Daylight 13 h 09 min Night 10 h 51 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 8:04 PM
Weather in Pongaroa right now
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Pongaroa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4944
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
- Mangatiti — 6.0 km
- Rakaunui — 7.6 km
- Tararua District — 10.8 km
- Waimiro — 10.8 km
- Waione — 10.9 km
- Haunui — 14.5 km
Pongaroa: clock, sun and surroundings
Pongaroa reads its time from Pacific/Auckland, placed at UTC+13. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Daylight arrives in Pongaroa at 6:28 AM and departs at 7:36 PM. It lasts 13 h 09 min today.
Mangatiti and Rakaunui are close to Pongaroa and observe the same time.
The postal code count for Pongaroa is 1.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Pongaroa?
- Use Pacific/Auckland for Pongaroa; its offset is +13.
- Does Pongaroa switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Pongaroa: Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Pongaroa?
- Daylight begins at 6:28 AM.