The Key in numbers
- Coordinates
- -45.5500, 167.9000
- Region
- Southland
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 730 km away
What time is it in The Key, Southland, New Zealand
This page shows what the clocks read right now in The Key, Southland, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
The Key, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in The Key
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
The Key keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 1:35 PM Sunset 8:17 PM Daylight 13 h 24 min Night 10 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 8:48 PM
Weather in The Key right now
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The Key and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9672
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 Southland
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Southland — 15.1 km
- Te Anau — 20.6 km
- Manapouri — 22.5 km
- Southland District — 25.0 km
- Mossburn — 30.2 km
- Tiromaunga — 38.6 km
Time and daylight in The Key
The Key accounts for 1 postal code.
Standard time in The Key comes from Pacific/Auckland and equals UTC+13. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise reaches The Key at 6:53 AM, and the sun sets at 8:17 PM. Light lasts 13 h 24 min.
Set your clock for The Key and it will also be right in Southland and Te Anau.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in The Key?
- The Key observes the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +13.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, The Key?
- Daylight saving time in The Key: Yes.
- When does daylight begin in The Key?
- Daylight begins at 6:53 AM.