Porirua in numbers
- Coordinates
- -41.1333, 174.8500
- Population
- 61 500
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 18 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand
See the local time in Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand right now, measured in the Pacific/Auckland time zone (+13).
Porirua, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Porirua
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Porirua.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:32 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 7:42 PM Daylight 13 h 10 min Night 10 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:04 AM – 8:11 PM
Weather in Porirua right now
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Porirua and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 5240 Ranui Heights — 1.0 km away
- 5243 Cannons Creek — 1.6 km away
- 5247 Paremata — 2.3 km away
- 5249 Linden — 2.4 km away
- 5022 Elsdon — 2.6 km away
- 5242 Onepoto — 2.9 km away
- 5024 Waitangirua — 3.0 km away
- 5245 Whitby — 4.4 km away
- 5028 Grenada North — 6.3 km away
- 5026 Karehana Bay — 6.9 km away
- 5050 Maungaraki — 8.5 km away
- 5040 Alicetown — 9.0 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
- Upper Hutt 47 400
- Paraparaumu 29 900
- Masterton 28 900
- Wainuiomata 20 450
Other places named Porirua
- Porirua Wellington Region, New Zealand
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Linden — 2.4 km
- Greenacres — 2.9 km
- Porirua — 3.0 km
- Takapu Valley — 3.9 km
- Linden — 4.0 km
- Tawa — 4.6 km
Porirua: clock, sun and surroundings
Today the sun rises over Porirua at 6:32 AM and sets at 7:42 PM. That is 13 h 10 min of daylight in all.
Linden and Greenacres are neighbours of Porirua on the same clock.
Within Porirua, postal codes number 12.
Local clocks in Porirua follow the Pacific/Auckland zone, UTC+13. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Porirua observe?
- Porirua observes Pacific/Auckland, whose offset is +13.
- Are the clocks in Porirua adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Porirua: Yes.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Porirua?
- It rises at 6:32 AM.