Carterton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -41.0183, 175.5300
- Population
- 10 300
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 70 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carterton, Wellington Region, New Zealand
The time in Carterton, Wellington Region, New Zealand at this very moment is shown below, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Carterton, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Carterton
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Carterton keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:30 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 7:40 PM Daylight 13 h 10 min Night 10 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 8:08 PM
Weather in Carterton right now
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Carterton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 5713
- 5743
- 5791
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 Wellington Region
- Wellington 381 900
- Lower Hutt 114 200
- Porirua 61 500
- Upper Hutt 47 400
- Paraparaumu 29 900
- Masterton 28 900
Other places named Carterton
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Carterton District — 1.1 km
- Clareville — 1.7 km
- Parkvale — 3.9 km
- Dalefield — 5.3 km
- Matarawa — 7.6 km
- Greytown — 8.9 km
Carterton: clock, sun and surroundings
The postal breakdown of Carterton runs to 3 codes.
Local clocks in Carterton answer to Pacific/Auckland, set UTC+13 from UTC. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Carterton sees first light at 6:30 AM today and the sun sets at 7:40 PM. Daylight totals 13 h 10 min.
You will find the same time in Carterton District and Clareville, both near Carterton.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Carterton in?
- Carterton is in the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +13.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Carterton?
- Daylight saving time in Carterton: Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Carterton?
- 7:40 PM.