Matamata in numbers
- Coordinates
- -37.8106, 175.7620
- Population
- 6 306
- Region
- Waikato Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 396 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Matamata, Waikato Region, New Zealand
The clock for Matamata, Waikato Region, New Zealand is kept here in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Matamata, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Matamata
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Matamata, Waikato Region.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 7:36 PM Daylight 13 h 05 min Night 10 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:04 AM – 8:03 PM
Weather in Matamata right now
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Matamata and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3400
- 3440
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 Waikato Region
- Hamilton 192 100
- Taupo 27 000
- Hamilton East 15 300
- Cambridge 15 192
- Tokoroa 14 500
- Te Awamutu 14 000
Other places named Matamata
- Matamatá Amazonas, Brazil
- Matamatá Amazonas, Brazil
- Matamata Meta Department, Colombia
- Matamata Ayacucho, Peru
- Matamata Huánuco Department, Peru
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
Time and daylight in Matamata
Time runs the same in Matamata and in nearby Waharoa and Okauia.
Matamata is covered by 2 postal codes.
In Matamata the time zone is Pacific/Auckland and the offset is UTC+13. Daylight saving time used: Yes.
Sunrise time for Matamata today is 6:31 AM; sunset time is 7:36 PM. Daylight fills 13 h 05 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Matamata follow?
- Local time in Matamata follows Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Do people in Matamata set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Matamata: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Matamata?
- The sun sets in Matamata at 7:36 PM.