Tauranga
Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Wednesday, 30th September 2026
- UTC offset
- UTC+13
- Time zone
- Pacific/AucklandNZDT
- Sunrise
- 6:52 am
- Sunset
- 7:18 pm
- Daylight
- 12 hours 25 minutes144 seconds longer than yesterday
- Daylight saving
- OnNext change in 185 days
Daylight saving in Tauranga
Clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, 4th April 2027, at 2:59 am local time (2:00 am after the change).
Right now Tauranga is on NZDT, UTC+13: daylight saving time. That is 185 days away.
Tauranga time to your time
Need a specific time rather than right now? Use the full converter.
Call times with London
There is no hour when both places are inside normal working hours. The least bad slot is usually early morning at the western end.
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
7pm
8pm
9pm
10pm
11pm
12am
1am
2am
3am
4am
5am
6am
7am
8am
9am
10am
11am
Time difference between Tauranga and major cities
| City | Local time | 24h | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles PDT | 7:17 am Tue | 07:17 | 20 hours behind |
| Mexico City CST | 8:17 am Tue | 08:17 | 19 hours behind |
| Chicago CDT | 9:17 am Tue | 09:17 | 18 hours behind |
| New York City EDT | 10:17 am Tue | 10:17 | 17 hours behind |
| Toronto EDT | 10:17 am Tue | 10:17 | 17 hours behind |
| São Paulo UTC-3 | 11:17 am Tue | 11:17 | 16 hours behind |
| London BST | 3:17 pm Tue | 15:17 | 12 hours behind |
| Paris CEST | 4:17 pm Tue | 16:17 | 11 hours behind |
| Berlin CEST | 4:17 pm Tue | 16:17 | 11 hours behind |
| Johannesburg SAST | 4:17 pm Tue | 16:17 | 11 hours behind |
| Moscow MSK | 5:17 pm Tue | 17:17 | 10 hours behind |
| Cairo EEST | 5:17 pm Tue | 17:17 | 10 hours behind |
| Dubai UTC+4 | 6:17 pm Tue | 18:17 | 9 hours behind |
| Delhi IST | 7:47 pm Tue | 19:47 | 7 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai CST | 10:17 pm Tue | 22:17 | 5 hours behind |
| Tokyo JST | 11:17 pm Tue | 23:17 | 4 hours behind |
| Sydney AEST | 12:17 am | 00:17 | 3 hours behind |
About Tauranga
- Population
- 161000
- Coordinates
- -37.686, 176.167
- Region
- Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- IANA zone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Solar noon
- 1:05 pm
Sunrise and sunset above are computed from these coordinates with the NOAA solar equations: not looked up from a table, and not the same as the neighbouring city's.
Nearby and related
Questions people ask
What time is it in Tauranga right now?
It is 3:17 am (03:17 on a 24-hour clock) on Wednesday, 30th September 2026 in Tauranga. The clock on this page updates every second and is set from the server, not from your device, so it stays right even if your own clock has drifted.
What time zone is Tauranga in?
Tauranga uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone, currently NZDT (UTC+13). That IANA identifier is the one to put in a calendar invite or a database column: abbreviations like NZDT are ambiguous, IANA identifiers are not.
Is Tauranga on daylight saving time right now?
Yes, Tauranga is currently observing daylight saving time as NZDT. Clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, 4th April 2027, at 2:59 am local time (2:00 am after the change).
When do the clocks change in Tauranga?
The next change is on Sunday, 4th April 2027. Clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, 4th April 2027, at 2:59 am local time (2:00 am after the change). After that the offset becomes UTC+12.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Tauranga today?
The sun rises at 6:52 am and sets at 7:18 pm today, giving 12 hours 25 minutes of daylight. That is 144 seconds longer than yesterday.
How many hours ahead is Tauranga of Los Angeles?
Tauranga is 20 hours ahead of Los Angeles. When it is 3:17 am in Tauranga, it is 7:17 am in Los Angeles. The full comparison table on this page covers twenty major cities and recalculates itself whenever either end changes its clocks.
Where exactly is Tauranga?
Tauranga is in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, at 37.69° S, 176.17° E, with a population of about 161,000. Those coordinates are what the sunrise and sunset times above are calculated from.