New Plymouth in numbers
- Coordinates
- -39.0667, 174.0830
- Population
- 90 100
- Region
- Taranaki Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 254 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in New Plymouth, Taranaki Region, New Zealand
Watch the current local time in New Plymouth, Taranaki Region, New Zealand, running on the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+12).
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+12 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in New Plymouth
UTC+12 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in New Plymouth.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:44 Solar noon 12:24 Sunset 18:04 Daylight 11 h 20 min Night 12 h 40 min Civil twilight 06:17 – 18:31
Weather in New Plymouth right now
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New Plymouth and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4342
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
Other places named New Plymouth
- New Plymouth Idaho, United States
- New Plymouth Ohio, United States
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Lower Vogeltown — 0.7 km
- Brooklands — 0.8 km
- Welbourn — 0.9 km
- Merrilands — 1.3 km
- Vogeltown — 1.3 km
- Strandon — 1.7 km
Time and daylight in New Plymouth
1 codes make up the postal map of New Plymouth.
New Plymouth works to Pacific/Auckland time, set at UTC+12. Daylight saving time applies: No.
New Plymouth sees the sun rise at 06:44 and set at 18:04 today. Daylight runs for 11 h 20 min.
Time in New Plymouth applies without change in Lower Vogeltown and Brooklands nearby.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in New Plymouth?
- The clock in New Plymouth follows Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +12.
- What time zone rules apply in New Plymouth — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in New Plymouth: No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in New Plymouth?
- Sunrise is at 06:44 and sunset at 18:04.