RotoruaNew Zealand
Current time in Rotorua, New Zealand
Friday, 4 September 2026
New Zealand Standard TimeUTC+12:00
⛶ Full-screen clockRotorua time at a glance
- Country
- New Zealand
- Location
- City in Bay of Plenty
- 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 Rotorua
Conditions near Rotorua and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Mist
- Feels like
- 7°C
- Humidity
- 96%
- Wind
- 12.2 km/h W
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby6°C to 12°C81% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.2 km/h
- Overcast5°C to 14°C13% chance of precipitationWind up to 13.7 km/h
- Overcast5°C to 12°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 11.5 km/h
Forecast valid from 18:15 local time. Updated 2026-09-04T06:27:01.880Z; refresh due by 2026-09-04T06:42:01.880Z.
Time-zone identity for Rotorua
- 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.
Rotorua 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 Rotorua
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 Rotorua
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
- UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
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- 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
- UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
Next 5 years
- 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
- 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 Rotorua
Location details for Rotorua in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
- Administrative area
- Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Population
- 65,901
- Coordinates
- 38.1387° S, 176.2452° E. The elevation is 287 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Rotorua
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Rotorua. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- TaurangaBay of Plenty, New Zealand51 km north
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - WhakataneBay of Plenty, New Zealand68 km east
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - TaupoWaikato Region, New Zealand62 km south
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - CambridgeWaikato Region, New Zealand76 km west
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - Hamilton EastWaikato Region, New Zealand92 km northwest
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - HamiltonWaikato Region, New Zealand93 km northwest
Pacific/AucklandSame local time
Sources for Rotorua time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- 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.