New Zealand
Time now in Auckland
Sunrise 06:57Sunset 05:50Time zone UTC +12
Time zone
Pacific/Auckland
UTC offset
UTC +12
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1,816,000
Sunrise
06:57
Sunset
05:50
Day length
10h 53m
Coordinates
-36.85, 174.78
Time difference from Auckland
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Auckland right now.
Auckland on the map
About the time in Auckland
Sunrise today lands at 06:57 and sunset at 05:50 local time, giving 10h 53m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (-36.85, 174.78) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Auckland.
Auckland runs on Pacific/Auckland, which puts the city UTC +12 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
The zone identifier Pacific/Auckland is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Pacific/Auckland keeps pointing at Auckland time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Auckland
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Pacific/Auckland, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Auckland?
- Auckland is UTC +12 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What are normal business hours in Auckland in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Auckland runs from 21:00–05:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Auckland right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Auckland, updating every second from Pacific/Auckland (UTC +12).
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