New Zealand · NZST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Dunedin, New Zealand runs on UTC+12. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+12 in winter, UTC+13 in summer. Next change: 27 Sept. There is a 16-hour difference between Dunedin and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Dunedin lines up with 17:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 11-hour difference between Dunedin and London. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 3-hour difference between Dunedin and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 12:00–18:00 in Dunedin lines up with 09:00–15:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Auckland, Tarawa, Wellington. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Dunedin.
Practical Info
Dunedin (New Zealand) is home to roughly 135K people. Today brings about 8.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 08:24, sunset at 17:00. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+12 in winter, UTC+13 in summer. Next change: 27 Sept. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 46° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
New Zealand
Capital
Wellington
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
NZST · Pacific/Auckland
Coordinates
45.87°S, 170.50°E
Currency
NZD ($)
Calling Code
+64
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English, Māori
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Baldwin Street in Dunedin reaches a gradient of about 1 in 2.86 — roughly 19 degrees — and held the Guinness record for the steepest residential street for years, briefly losing it to a Welsh lane before reclaiming it in 2019.
The clock: Dunedin keeps UTC+12 at 45.9° south. Its name is the Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh, and the street plan was copied from it without regard for the terrain.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours