AshburtonNew Zealand
Current time in Ashburton, New Zealand
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
New Zealand Standard TimeUTC+12:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAshburton time at a glance
- Country
- New Zealand
- Location
- City in Canterbury
- Time zone
Pacific/Auckland- UTC offset now
UTC+12:00- Current zone label
- GMT+12
- Next clock change
- 27 September 2026 at 03:00 GMT+13
Weather now
Weather in Ashburton
Conditions near Ashburton and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Overcast
- Feels like
- 7°C
- Humidity
- 66%
- Wind
- 8.6 km/h N
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny2°C to 12°C5% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.6 km/h
- Overcast6°C to 15°C12% chance of precipitationWind up to 33.5 km/h
- Overcast9°C to 18°C15% chance of precipitationWind up to 23 km/h
Forecast valid from 18:30 local time. Updated 2026-09-01T06:31:09.463Z; refresh due by 2026-09-01T06:46:09.463Z.
Time-zone identity for Ashburton
- IANA zone
Pacific/Auckland- UTC offset now
- UTC+12:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+12
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Ashburton is currently 12 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Ashburton
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Ashburton
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Pacific/Auckland, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
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Next 5 years
- UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
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- UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Ashburton
Location details for Ashburton in Canterbury, New Zealand.
- Administrative area
- Canterbury, New Zealand
- Population
- 21,600
- Coordinates
- 43.8983° S, 171.7301° E. The elevation is 106 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Ashburton
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Ashburton. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- RollestonCanterbury, New Zealand63 km northeast
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - TimaruCanterbury, New Zealand67 km southwest
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - ChristchurchCanterbury, New Zealand83 km northeast
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - RangioraCanterbury, New Zealand95 km northeast
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - DunedinOtago, New Zealand240 km southwest
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - RichmondTasman District, New Zealand309 km northeast
Pacific/AucklandSame local time
Sources for Ashburton time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
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- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.