Balclutha in numbers
- Coordinates
- -46.2339, 169.7500
- Population
- 4 441
- Region
- Otago
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 682 km away
What time is it in Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand
You can see the current local time of Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand on this page, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Balclutha, New Zealand
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Balclutha
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Balclutha, Otago.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:18 AM Solar noon 1:26 PM Sunset 8:34 PM Daylight 14 h 16 min Night 9 h 44 min Civil twilight 5:45 AM – 9:07 PM
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Balclutha and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9230
- 9240
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 Otago
- Dunedin 132 800
- Mosgiel 14 800
- Wanaka 13 200
- Oamaru 13 000
- Queenstown 10 442
- North East Valley 9 830
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Barnego — 2.5 km
- Stirling — 3.1 km
- Benhar — 3.8 km
- Kakapuaka — 4.4 km
- Otanomomo — 7.3 km
- Waitepeka — 8.4 km
Local time details for Balclutha
Balclutha reads its time from Pacific/Auckland, placed at UTC+13. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
At Balclutha the sun clears the horizon at 6:18 AM and sinks again at 8:34 PM. The gap between them is 14 h 16 min.
The same local time applies in Balclutha, Barnego and Stirling.
2 codes are used to address mail in Balclutha.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Balclutha?
- The designation used for Balclutha is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- What time zone rules apply in Balclutha — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Balclutha: Yes.
- How late does the sun set in Balclutha?
- The last sunlight comes at 8:34 PM.