Wanaka in numbers
- Coordinates
- -44.7000, 169.1500
- Population
- 13 200
- Region
- Otago
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 594 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand
The reading below is the local time in Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand, taken from the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Wanaka, New Zealand
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Wanaka
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Wanaka, Otago.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:24 AM Solar noon 1:28 PM Sunset 8:33 PM Daylight 14 h 09 min Night 9 h 51 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 9:05 PM
Weather in Wanaka right now
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Wanaka and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9305
- 9343
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
- Oamaru 13 000
- Queenstown 10 442
- North East Valley 9 830
- Papatowai 6 593
Other places named Wanaka
- Wanaka Balochistan, Pakistan
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Albert Town — 4.4 km
- Maungawera — 8.4 km
- Luggate — 10.8 km
- Glendhu — 11.1 km
- Hawea Flat — 13.1 km
- Lake Hawea — 13.4 km
Time and daylight in Wanaka
The sky over Wanaka lightens at 6:24 AM and the sun sets at 8:33 PM. Daylight runs for 14 h 09 min today.
Neighbouring places Albert Town and Maungawera run on Wanaka time.
Mail addressed to Wanaka uses 2 postal codes.
The name of the time zone in Wanaka is Pacific/Auckland, and it runs UTC+13. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Wanaka?
- Time in Wanaka follows the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +13.
- Is daylight saving time used in Wanaka?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Wanaka?
- Local sunset is 8:33 PM.