Whanganui in numbers
- Coordinates
- -39.9333, 175.0500
- Population
- 49 200
- Region
- Manawatu-Wanganui
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 152 km away
What time is it in Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
What follows is the current local time in Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+12).
Whanganui, New Zealand
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+12 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Whanganui
UTC+12 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Whanganui.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:41 Solar noon 12:20 Sunset 18:00 Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 06:14 – 18:27
Weather in Whanganui right now
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Whanganui and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4540 Wanganui — 0.0 km away
- 4541 Wanganui — 0.0 km away
- 4501 Gonville — 0.7 km away
- 4543 Gonville — 0.7 km away
- 4542 Wanganui East — 2.1 km away
- 4500 Aramoho — 3.7 km away
- 4572 Wiritoa — 5.7 km away
- 4582 Okoia — 7.1 km away
- 4571 Brunswick — 9.7 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
- Levin 19 789
- Hokowhitu 11 730
- Awapuni 9 050
- Kelvin Grove 8 170
- Milson 6 740
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Wanganui — 0.0 km
- Gonville — 0.7 km
- Bastia Hill — 1.0 km
- Durie Hill — 1.3 km
- Wanganui East — 2.1 km
- Saint Johns Hill — 2.2 km
About the time in Whanganui
The zone name for Whanganui is Pacific/Auckland and the offset is UTC+12. Daylight saving time: No.
Whanganui greets the sun at 06:41 and loses it at 18:00 today. Daylight runs to 11 h 19 min.
Whanganui keeps the same time as its neighbours Wanganui and Gonville.
Postal coverage of Whanganui comes to 9 codes.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Whanganui?
- Enter Pacific/Auckland as the time zone for Whanganui; its offset is +12.
- Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Whanganui?
- Daylight saving in Whanganui: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Whanganui?
- At 06:41.