Matau in numbers
- Coordinates
- -39.1612, 174.5640
- Region
- Taranaki Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 237 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Matau, Taranaki Region, New Zealand
Look up the current time in Matau, Taranaki Region, New Zealand, which follows the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Matau, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Matau
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Matau keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:34 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 7:42 PM Daylight 13 h 08 min Night 10 h 52 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 8:10 PM
Weather in Matau right now
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Matau and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4395
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 Taranaki Region
- New Plymouth 90 100
- Hawera 10 700
- Bell Block 8 260
- Waitara 7 730
- Stratford 6 430
- Vogeltown 6 140
Other places named Matau
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
About the time in Matau
The time zone used in Matau is Pacific/Auckland, set at UTC+13. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun is up at 6:34 AM in Matau and down again at 7:42 PM. Between those times there are 13 h 08 min of daylight.
Clocks in Purangi and Te Wera read the same as clocks in Matau.
Within Matau, postal codes number 1.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Matau?
- The time in Matau is calculated using Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- What time zone rules apply in Matau — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Matau: Yes.
- What is the sunrise time for Matau?
- 6:34 AM.