Kelso in numbers
- Coordinates
- -45.9000, 169.2330
- Region
- Otago
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 680 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kelso, Otago, New Zealand
The page gives the present local time in Kelso, Otago, New Zealand, whose time zone is Pacific/Auckland (+13).
Kelso, New Zealand
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Kelso
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Kelso.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:11 AM Solar noon 1:28 PM Sunset 8:45 PM Daylight 14 h 35 min Night 9 h 25 min Civil twilight 5:37 AM – 9:19 PM
Weather in Kelso right now
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Kelso and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9522 Tapanui — 4.8 km away
- 9542 Tapanui — 4.8 km away
- 9587 Park Hill — 9.3 km away
- 9775 Waikoikoi — 14.5 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 Otago
- Dunedin 132 800
- Mosgiel 14 800
- Wanaka 13 200
- Oamaru 13 000
- Queenstown 10 442
- North East Valley 9 830
Other places named Kelso
- Kelso Washington, United States
- Kelso Queensland, Australia
- Kelso New South Wales, Australia
- Kelso Scotland, United Kingdom
- Kelso Missouri, United States
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Tapanui — 4.8 km
- Glenkenich — 7.4 km
- Heriot — 7.9 km
- Park Hill — 9.3 km
- Dunrobin — 12.9 km
- Pomahaka — 13.0 km
Time and daylight in Kelso
Tapanui and Glenkenich, both nearby, hold the same time as Kelso.
The postal code count for Kelso is 4.
Kelso sets its clocks by Pacific/Auckland, which runs UTC+13. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Today's times for Kelso: the sun is up at 6:11 AM and down at 8:45 PM. That means 14 h 35 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Kelso?
- Kelso uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone, which has an offset of +13.
- Does the clock in Kelso stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Kelso: Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Kelso?
- Expect it at 8:45 PM.