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
The time you see here is the local time in New Plymouth, Taranaki Region, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in New Plymouth
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in New Plymouth.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 7:43 PM Daylight 13 h 05 min Night 10 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:10 AM – 8:11 PM
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
Postal service in New Plymouth uses 1 codes.
New Plymouth works to Pacific/Auckland time, set at UTC+13. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
At New Plymouth the sun clears the horizon at 6:38 AM and sinks again at 7:43 PM. The gap between them is 13 h 05 min.
Around New Plymouth, places such as Lower Vogeltown and Brooklands use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in New Plymouth?
- The clock in New Plymouth follows Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- What time zone rules apply in New Plymouth — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in New Plymouth: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in New Plymouth?
- Sunrise is at 6:38 AM and sunset at 7:43 PM.