Waikawa in numbers
- Coordinates
- -46.6333, 169.1330
- Region
- Southland
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 746 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Waikawa, Southland, New Zealand
The clock for Waikawa, Southland, New Zealand is kept here in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Waikawa, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Waikawa
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Waikawa, Southland.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:48 AM Solar noon 1:30 PM Sunset 8:12 PM Daylight 13 h 24 min Night 10 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 8:44 PM
Weather in Waikawa right now
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Waikawa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7251
- 7281
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
Other places named Waikawa
- Waikawa Marlborough, New Zealand
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Niagara — 3.7 km
- Putangahau — 9.3 km
- Haldane — 10.2 km
- Slope Point — 10.8 km
- Quarry Hills — 12.0 km
- Chaslands — 16.3 km
Local time details for Waikawa
Daylight in Waikawa starts at 6:48 AM and ends at 8:12 PM today. It lasts 13 h 24 min.
Travelling from Waikawa to Niagara or Putangahau does not change the hour.
Mail addressed to Waikawa uses 2 postal codes.
Waikawa reads its time from Pacific/Auckland, placed at UTC+13. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Waikawa?
- The local time zone in Waikawa is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Does the local time in Waikawa change with daylight saving?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in Waikawa?
- 8:12 PM marks sunset.