WellingtonNew Zealand
Current time in Wellington, New Zealand
Friday, 25 September 2026
New Zealand Standard TimeUTC+12:00
⛶ Full-screen clockWellington time at a glance
- Country
- New Zealand
- Location
- Capital city of New Zealand
- 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
Wellington time guide
When does Wellington change its clocks?
UTC+12:00.- Standard time
- New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), UTC+12:00
- Daylight time
- New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT), UTC+13:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Pacific/Auckland
- Wellington and London
- The difference varies with daylight-saving dates in both places
City, urban area and region
Wellington names three different statistical areas
The 2023 census counted 202,689 usual residents in Wellington City. The continuous Wellington urban area and the wider Wellington Region include other local authorities, so their totals are not city-only figures.
Time-zone identity for Wellington
- 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.
Wellington 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 Wellington
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 Wellington
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
- 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
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.
Capital city context
About Wellington, capital of New Zealand
Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of New Zealand
- Administrative area
- Wellington Region, New Zealand
- Population
- 381,900
- Coordinates
- 41.2866° S, 174.7756° E. The elevation is 31 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Wellington
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Wellington. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KaroriWellington Region, New Zealand2.9 km west
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - Lower HuttWellington Region, New Zealand14 km northeast
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - WainuiomataWellington Region, New Zealand15 km east
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - PoriruaWellington Region, New Zealand18 km north
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - Upper HuttWellington Region, New Zealand28 km northeast
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - ParaparaumuWellington Region, New Zealand46 km northeast
Pacific/AucklandSame local time
Sources for Wellington 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.
- 2023 Census population countsStats NZ · 2023 census · AccessedOfficial territorial-authority census count for Wellington City.