Time in Christchurch now
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Sunday, September 27, 2026
Christchurch time zone info
UTC +13
New Zealand Daylight Time (GMT+13)
now 18 hours ahead of Chicago
- Christchurch is currently observing daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Christchurch is Pacific/Auckland.
Christchurch's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 6:13 AM
- Sunset: 6:32 PM
- Day length: 12h 20m
- Culmination: 12:23 PM
- Currently Christchurch time is 23 minutes behind apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Christchurch
UTC
−13 hours
Christchurch on the map
- Christchurch is in New Zealand.
- Latitude: -43.53. Longitude: 172.64.
- Population: 383,200
- New Zealand: Population: 5,200,000