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Current time in Wellington, New Zealand

Tuesday, 11 August 2026

New Zealand Standard TimeUTC+12:00

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Wellington 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

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Weather in Wellington

Conditions near Wellington and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

9°C

Patchy rain nearby

Feels like
6°C
Humidity
83%
Wind
23 km/h S
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby8°C to 11°C32% chance of precipitationWind up to 26.3 km/h
  2. Sunny7°C to 13°C16% chance of precipitationWind up to 14.8 km/h
  3. Cloudy11°C to 14°C60% chance of precipitationWind up to 22.7 km/h

Forecast valid from 06:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T18:43:31.535Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T18:58:31.535Z.

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

UTC+13:00UTC+13:00

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

  1. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by

Next 5 years

  1. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+12:00 UTC+12:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+13:00 UTC+13:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. 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.

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Cities near Wellington

Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Wellington. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.

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 cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.