Wellington in numbers
- Coordinates
- -41.2866, 174.7760
- Population
- 381 900
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 0 km away
- Same name
- 47 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
The clock on this page follows the local time of Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+12).
Wellington, New Zealand
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+12 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Wellington
UTC+12 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Wellington.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:43 Solar noon 12:22 Sunset 18:00 Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 06:16 – 18:27
Weather in Wellington right now
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Wellington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6021
- 6149
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
- Lower Hutt 114 200
- Porirua 61 500
- Upper Hutt 47 400
- Paraparaumu 29 900
- Masterton 28 900
- Wainuiomata 20 450
Other places named Wellington
- Wellington Florida, United States
- Wellington Western Cape, South Africa
- Wellington England, United Kingdom
- Wellington Tamil Nadu, India
- Wellington Kansas, United States
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Wellington Central — 0.1 km
- Te Aro — 0.8 km
- Kelburn — 0.8 km
- Thorndon — 1.2 km
- Aro Valley — 1.5 km
- Oriental Bay — 1.6 km
About the time in Wellington
Locations in Wellington are covered by 2 postal codes.
The clock in Wellington is set to Pacific/Auckland, offset UTC+12. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Sunrise in Wellington is at 06:43 today, and sunset comes at 18:00. Daylight lasts 11 h 16 min.
Wellington Central and Te Aro sit close to Wellington and run on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Wellington?
- The time zone setting that matches Wellington is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +12.
- Is the local clock in Wellington affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Wellington?
- In Wellington the sun sets at 18:00.