Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- -41.2708, 173.2840
- Population
- 54 400
- Region
- Nelson Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 125 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand
This page shows the time as it is now in Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Nelson, New Zealand
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Nelson
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Nelson, Nelson Region.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:13 AM Solar noon 1:12 PM Sunset 8:10 PM Daylight 13 h 57 min Night 10 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:43 AM – 8:40 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7045
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 Nelson Region
- Stoke 20 260
- Enner Glynn 3 110
- Washington Valley 3 080
- Moana 3 060
- Tahunanui 2 970
- Atawhai 2 890
Other places named Nelson
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson Georgia, United States
- Nelson New Hampshire, United States
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Port Nelson — 1.0 km
- Washington Valley — 1.2 km
- Nelson East — 1.5 km
- Nelson South — 1.7 km
- Brooklands — 2.6 km
- Moana — 2.7 km
Time and daylight in Nelson
The clock in Nelson is set to Pacific/Auckland, offset UTC+13. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Today's schedule for Nelson: sunrise 6:13 AM, sunset 8:10 PM. That gives 13 h 57 min of daylight.
Nelson and its neighbours Port Nelson and Washington Valley keep one clock.
Nelson is split into 1 postal code areas.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Nelson?
- Pacific/Auckland corresponds to Nelson and has an offset of +13.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Nelson?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Nelson?
- It appears at 6:13 AM.