Current time · Canterbury · New Zealand
Current time in Christchurch
- Time zone
- Pacific/Auckland
- UTC offset
- UTC+13
- Name
- New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)
- Daylight saving 2026
- yes
Clock changes in 2026
- April 5, 3:00 AM → 2:00 AM: clocks go back 1 h (UTC+13 → UTC+12)
- September 27, 2:00 AM → 3:00 AM: clocks go forward 1 h (UTC+12 → UTC+13)
Next change: April 4, 2027 – clocks go back 1 h (UTC+12).
Sun today
- Sunrise
- 6:10 AM
- Sunset
- 8:15 PM
- Day length
- 14 h 5 min
- Solar noon
- 1:13 PM
Civil dawn and dusk: 5:39 AM and 8:46 PM. Computed from the city’s coordinates (-43.53, 172.63).
Time difference: Christchurch and other cities
| City | Now | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| London | −13 13 h behind | |
| New York | −18 18 h behind | |
| Los Angeles | −21 21 h behind | |
| Chicago | −19 19 h behind | |
| San Francisco | −21 21 h behind | |
| Toronto | −18 18 h behind | |
| Mexico City | −19 19 h behind | |
| São Paulo | −16 16 h behind | |
| Buenos Aires | −16 16 h behind | |
| Paris | −12 12 h behind | |
| Berlin | −12 12 h behind | |
| Amsterdam | −12 12 h behind | |
| Madrid | −12 12 h behind | |
| Rome | −12 12 h behind | |
| Warsaw | −12 12 h behind | |
| Kyiv | −11 11 h behind | |
| Moscow | −10 10 h behind | |
| Istanbul | −10 10 h behind | |
| Cairo | −11 11 h behind | |
| Lagos | −12 12 h behind | |
| Johannesburg | −11 11 h behind | |
| Nairobi | −10 10 h behind | |
| Dubai | −9 9 h behind | |
| Mumbai | −7:30 7 h 30 min behind | |
| New Delhi | −7:30 7 h 30 min behind | |
| Bangkok | −6 6 h behind | |
| Jakarta | −6 6 h behind | |
| Singapore | −5 5 h behind | |
| Hong Kong | −5 5 h behind | |
| Beijing | −5 5 h behind | |
| Shanghai | −5 5 h behind | |
| Seoul | −4 4 h behind | |
| Tokyo | −4 4 h behind | |
| Sydney | −2 2 h behind | |
| Auckland | ±0 same time | |
| Honolulu | −23 23 h behind |
Plus – it is later there than here, minus – earlier. Plan a meeting with this city
Nearby cities
Same time zone: Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
- Wellington New Zealand
- Hamilton New Zealand
In short
Christchurch is in the Pacific/Auckland time zone of the IANA database. The current offset is UTC+13. Clocks here are 13 h ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In 2026 the clocks change: standard time is UTC+12 and daylight saving time is UTC+13. Population: about 419,200 (GeoNames).