Palmerston in numbers
- Coordinates
- -45.4784, 170.7200
- Population
- 1 050
- Region
- Otago
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 570 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand
This page shows the time of day in Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand as it stands now, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+12).
Palmerston, New Zealand
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+12 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Palmerston
UTC+12 · no daylight saving time
Palmerston keeps Pacific/Auckland time.
The sun today
Sunrise 07:03 Solar noon 12:38 Sunset 18:12 Daylight 11 h 09 min Night 12 h 51 min Civil twilight 06:34 – 18:42
Weather in Palmerston right now
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Palmerston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9430
- 9443
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 Palmerston
- Palmerston Northern Territory, Australia
- Palmerston Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Palmerston Palmerston, Cook Islands
- Palmerston Ontario, Canada
- Palmerston Leinster, Ireland
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Wairunga — 6.3 km
- Glenpark — 6.5 km
- Shag Point — 7.7 km
- Goodwood — 8.0 km
- Katiki — 12.4 km
- Dunback — 12.6 km
Local time details for Palmerston
There is no time difference between Palmerston and nearby Wairunga or Glenpark.
Palmerston is served by a set of 2 postal codes.
The time standard for Palmerston is Pacific/Auckland at UTC+12. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Today the day starts in Palmerston at 07:03 with sunrise and ends at 18:12 with sunset. Daylight lasts 11 h 09 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Palmerston?
- The time zone covering Palmerston is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +12.
- Does the local time in Palmerston include a summer time period?
- No.
- When is the sun up in Palmerston?
- The sun comes up at 07:03.