Time in Wellington now
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Sunday, September 6, 2026
Wellington time zone info
UTC +12
New Zealand Standard Time (GMT+12)
now 17 hours ahead of Chicago
- Wellington observes daylight saving time (not currently in effect).
- The IANA time zone identifier for Wellington is Pacific/Auckland.
Wellington's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 5:58 AM
- Sunset: 5:20 PM
- Day length: 11h 22m
- Culmination: 11:39 AM
- Currently Wellington time is 21 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Wellington
UTC
−12 hours
Wellington on the map
- Wellington is the capital of New Zealand.
- Latitude: -41.29. Longitude: 174.78.
- Population: 212,700
- New Zealand: Population: 5,200,000