Tuakau in numbers
- Coordinates
- -37.2705, 174.9440
- Population
- 6 180
- Region
- Waikato Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 447 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Tuakau, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Right now in Tuakau, Waikato Region, New Zealand the local time is the one shown here, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Tuakau, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Tuakau
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Tuakau, Waikato Region.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 7:38 PM Daylight 13 h 02 min Night 10 h 58 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 8:05 PM
Weather in Tuakau right now
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Tuakau and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2121
- 2342
- 2694
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 Tuakau
- Tuakau East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Whangarata — 4.5 km
- Buckland — 4.9 km
- Onewhero — 6.9 km
- Pokeno — 7.3 km
- Pukekohe East — 7.9 km
- Pukekohe — 8.4 km
Local time details for Tuakau
Postal codes assigned across Tuakau total 3.
The time zone here in Tuakau is Pacific/Auckland, offset UTC+13. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
First light in Tuakau comes at 6:36 AM today; darkness returns after 7:38 PM. The day gives 13 h 02 min of light.
Anyone in Whangarata or Buckland reads the same clock as Tuakau.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Tuakau?
- Time in Tuakau follows the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +13.
- Does the local time in Tuakau include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Tuakau?
- It disappears at 7:38 PM.