Mount Cook in numbers
- Coordinates
- -41.3015, 174.7750
- Population
- 7 510
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 2 km away
What time is it in Mount Cook, Wellington Region, New Zealand
This page shows the time of day in Mount Cook, Wellington Region, New Zealand as it stands now, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Mount Cook, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Mount Cook
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Mount Cook, Wellington Region.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 7:44 PM Daylight 13 h 13 min Night 10 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 8:12 PM
Weather in Mount Cook right now
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Mount Cook and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6149 Wellington — 1.7 km away
- 6021 Wellington — 1.7 km away
- 6011 Mount Victoria — 1.7 km away
- 6140 Mount Victoria — 1.7 km away
- 6141 Mount Victoria — 1.7 km away
- 6142 Mount Victoria — 1.7 km away
- 6146 Mount Victoria — 1.7 km away
- 6148 Mount Victoria — 1.7 km away
- 6160 Kelburn — 2.1 km away
- 6150 Kelburn — 2.1 km away
- 6145 Kelburn — 2.1 km away
- 6143 Kelburn — 2.1 km away
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
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Te Aro — 0.9 km
- Brooklyn — 1.1 km
- Newtown — 1.1 km
- Aro Valley — 1.4 km
- Vogeltown — 1.5 km
- Wellington Central — 1.5 km
Mount Cook: clock, sun and surroundings
12 postal codes are in use across Mount Cook.
Local clocks in Mount Cook follow the Pacific/Auckland zone, UTC+13. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
In Mount Cook, first light arrives at 6:31 AM and the sun goes down at 7:44 PM. The day holds 13 h 13 min of light.
The time you see for Mount Cook is also correct for Te Aro and Newtown.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Mount Cook?
- The time zone that includes Mount Cook is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Mount Cook?
- Daylight saving time in Mount Cook: Yes.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Mount Cook.
- The sunrise hour is 6:31 AM.