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Rotorua

UTC+12

New Zealand · NZST

Winter
12:45:32Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 07:30↓ 17:0024:00
Sunrise
07:30
Sunset
17:00
Daylight
9.5hrs
Population
60K
Season
Winter
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Rotorua, 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 Rotorua 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 Rotorua lines up with 17:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 11-hour difference between Rotorua 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 Rotorua 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 Rotorua 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 Rotorua.

Practical Info

Rotorua (New Zealand) is home to roughly 60K people. Today brings about 9.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:30, 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 38° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

New Zealand

New Zealand

Capital

Wellington

Continent

Oceania

Time Zone

NZST · Pacific/Auckland

Coordinates

38.14°S, 176.25°E

Currency

NZD ($)

Calling Code

+64

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

English, Māori

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A City That Smells of Sulphur

Rotorua sits on a geothermal field with geysers, mud pools and steam rising from drains and gardens — the Pōhutu geyser erupts up to twenty times a day, reaching about 30 metres. The hydrogen sulphide is a permanent feature of the air.

The clock: Rotorua keeps UTC+12. Some houses draw their heating directly from bores into the geothermal field beneath them.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

RotoruaUTC+12
06121824
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06121824