WhakataneNew Zealand
Current time in Whakatane, New Zealand
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
New Zealand Daylight TimeUTC+13:00
⛶ Full-screen clockWhakatane time at a glance
- Country
- New Zealand
- Location
- City in Bay of Plenty
- Time zone
Pacific/Auckland- UTC offset now
UTC+13:00- Current zone label
- GMT+13
- Next clock change
- 4 April 2027 at 02:00 GMT+12
Time-zone identity for Whakatane
- IANA zone
Pacific/Auckland- UTC offset now
- UTC+13:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+13
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Whakatane is currently 13 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Whakatane
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 Whakatane
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+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
Next 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
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 Whakatane
Location details for Whakatane in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
- Administrative area
- Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Population
- 18,602
- Coordinates
- 37.9586° S, 176.9854° E. The elevation is 11 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Whakatane
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Whakatane. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- RotoruaBay of Plenty, New Zealand68 km west
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - TaurangaBay of Plenty, New Zealand78 km northwest
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - TaupoWaikato Region, New Zealand113 km southwest
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - GisborneNew Zealand118 km southeast
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - CambridgeWaikato Region, New Zealand136 km west
Pacific/AucklandSame local time - Hamilton EastWaikato Region, New Zealand150 km west
Pacific/AucklandSame local time
Sources for Whakatane time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 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.