Kaikoura, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Kaikoura, New Zealand (Canterbury, Kaikoura District). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-11-04, 23:51 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kaikoura local time. Solar noon Today was at: 13:08 (elapsed time: -10h 43m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 62.8°. Day Length: 14h 5m 45s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:05:57	13:08:50	20:11:42
Azimuth	111.7°	0°	248.3°
Day Length		14h 5m 45s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 148 348 822 km
92 179 684 mi
Kaikoura ↔ Sun, nearest point: 147 656 270 km
91 749 352 mi

Kaikoura on map:

Kaikoura

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+13:00
Latitude:	-42.40749°
Longitude:	173.68132°
Country:	New Zealand Canterbury
Population:	2 172

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Kaikoura

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	04:16:12	4h 16m 12s
Astronomical Twilight	04:16:12	04:57:33	41m 21s
Nautical Twilight	04:57:33	05:35:18	37m 45s
Civil Twilight	05:35:18	06:05:57	30m 39s
Daylight	06:05:57	20:11:42	14h 5m 45s
Civil Twilight	20:11:42	20:42:21	30m 39s
Nautical Twilight	20:42:21	21:20:06	37m 45s
Astronomical Twilight	21:20:06	22:01:27	41m 21s
Night	22:01:27	23:59:59	1h 58m 32s

Kaikoura Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -29.6° ( 23:51)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 201.5° ( 23:51)

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Kaikoura

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-11-02	2026-11-03	2026-11-04	2026-11-05	2026-11-06
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	06:08:31	06:07:13	06:05:57	06:04:42	06:03:29
Solar noon:	13:08:50	13:08:49	13:08:50	13:08:51	13:08:52
Sunset:	20:09:10	20:10:26	20:11:42	20:12:59	20:14:16
Day Length:	14h 0m 39s	14h 3m 13s	14h 5m 45s	14h 8m 17s	14h 10m 47s

Kaikoura sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):