Time in Queenstown New Zealand
Queenstown: New Zealand Time (NZST, UTC+13 in winter, UTC+12 in summer). Daylight saving applies.
Queenstown keeps New Zealand Time. A mid-June morning starts near 8:23 a.m.; the live reading is NZST, UTC+13 in winter, UTC+12 in summer.
Queenstown uses daylight saving, so the UTC offset in January is not the offset in July.
When it is noon in Queenstown it is 6 p.m. in New York in January, and 8 p.m. in New York in July. When it is noon in Queenstown it is 11 p.m. in London in January, and 1 a.m. in London in July. When it is noon in Queenstown it is 8 a.m. in Tokyo in January.
Queenstown is about 45 minutes of solar time west of the New Zealand Time meridian. Winter sunrises run later than in towns farther east that share the same offset.
Sunrise and sunset in Queenstown
A typical mid-January day in Queenstown has sunrise around 6:17 a.m. and sunset around 9:32 p.m. (15 h 15 m of daylight). Mid-June stretches to about 8:23 a.m.–5:10 p.m. (8 h 47 m).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:17 a.m. | 9:32 p.m. | 15 h 15 m |
| February | 7:02 a.m. | 8:59 p.m. | 13 h 57 m |
| March | 7:40 a.m. | 8:10 p.m. | 12 h 30 m |
| April | 7:19 a.m. | 6:13 p.m. | 10 h 54 m |
| May | 7:56 a.m. | 5:29 p.m. | 9 h 33 m |
| June | 8:23 a.m. | 5:10 p.m. | 8 h 47 m |
| July | 8:20 a.m. | 5:23 p.m. | 9 h 03 m |
| August | 7:45 a.m. | 5:56 p.m. | 10 h 11 m |
| September | 6:51 a.m. | 6:33 p.m. | 11 h 42 m |
| October | 6:54 a.m. | 8:09 p.m. | 13 h 15 m |
| November | 6:08 a.m. | 8:53 p.m. | 14 h 44 m |
| December | 5:53 a.m. | 9:28 p.m. | 15 h 35 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
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