Check the current local time in Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, including timezone, daylight saving time information and time difference details.
Pacific/Auckland
Online clock — Kaikoura
Use the time converter to plan calls, meetings, and working hours between your location and Kaikoura, New Zealand. Time calculations use the Pacific/Auckland time zone and automatically adjust for daylight saving time when applicable.
Day length: 10 h 46 m 8 s
Phase: Waxing gibbous
Daylight Saving Time
DST starts
Date and time
Clock change
14:00 15:00 (+1 hour forward)
DST ends
Date and time
Clock change
14:00 13:00 (−1 hour back)
-42.4167, 173.6833
Kaikoura is one of the cities in New Zealand, located in Oceania. The population of Kaikoura is 685 people.
| City ▲ | Time |
|---|---|
| Auckland Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Christchurch Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Dunedin Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Hamilton Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Hastings Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Invercargill Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Lower Hutt Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Manukau Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Napier City Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Nelson Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| New Plymouth Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Palmerston North Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Papatoetoe Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Porirua Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Rotorua Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Tauranga Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Upper Hutt Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Wellington Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Whanganui Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Whangarei Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| City ▲ | Time |
|---|---|
| Ashburton Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Blenheim Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Christchurch Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Hastings Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Havelock North Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Invercargill Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Levin Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Lower Hutt Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Mangere Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Manurewa Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Mount Eden Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Napier City Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| New Lynn Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Otahuhu Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Remuera Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Rotorua Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Timaru Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Wellington Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Whanganui Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
| Whangarei Pacific/Auckland (—) | — |
The current local time in Kaikoura is —.
Kaikoura uses the timezone Pacific/Auckland.
Daylight saving time in Kaikoura starts on September 26, 2026.
Daylight saving time in Kaikoura ends on April 4, 2026.
Kaikoura is also known as: 카이코우라, Daerah Kaikoura, Distretto di Kaikoura, Kaikoura, Каикоура, კაიკურა, ضلع کائیکورا, カイコウラ, 凱庫拉.
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