Petone in numbers
- Coordinates
- -41.2283, 174.8700
- Population
- 8 370
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 10 km away
What time is it in Petone, Wellington Region, New Zealand
The time you see here is the local time in Petone, Wellington Region, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Petone, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Petone
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Petone.
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 Petone right now
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Petone and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 5012
- 5045
- 5046
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
Petone: clock, sun and surroundings
Petone is covered by 3 postal codes.
Clocks across Petone run on Pacific/Auckland at UTC+13. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Petone at 6:31 AM today and the sun goes down at 7:44 PM. That gives the day 13 h 13 min of light.
Korokoro and Ava are near Petone and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Petone?
- Time in Petone follows the Pacific/Auckland time zone, with an offset of +13.
- Is the time in Petone adjusted seasonally?
- Yes.
- What time does the day end in Petone?
- The sun sets at 7:44 PM.