Kaikoura, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Kaikoura, New Zealand (Canterbury, Kaikoura District). Current time: Thursday, 2026-07-30, 13:10 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kaikoura local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:31 (elapsed time: -39m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 28.9°. Day Length: 9h 47m 23s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:38:04	12:31:45	17:25:27
Azimuth	65.3°	0°	294.8°
Day Length		9h 47m 23s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 874 520 km
94 370 452 mi
Kaikoura ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 175 801 km
93 936 288 mi

Kaikoura on map:

Kaikoura

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
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	06:00:43	6h 0m 43s
Astronomical Twilight	06:00:43	06:33:55	33m 12s
Nautical Twilight	06:33:55	07:07:55	34m 0s
Civil Twilight	07:07:55	07:38:04	30m 9s
Daylight	07:38:04	17:25:27	9h 47m 23s
Civil Twilight	17:25:27	17:55:36	30m 9s
Nautical Twilight	17:55:36	18:29:36	34m 0s
Astronomical Twilight	18:29:36	19:02:48	33m 12s
Night	19:02:48	23:59:59	4h 57m 11s

Kaikoura Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 28.3° ( 13:10)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 349.6° ( 13:10)

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Kaikoura

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-28	2026-07-29	2026-07-30	2026-07-31	2026-08-01
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	07:40:07	07:39:07	07:38:04	07:37:00	07:35:55
Solar noon:	12:31:49	12:31:47	12:31:45	12:31:43	12:31:40
Sunset:	17:23:30	17:24:28	17:25:27	17:26:25	17:27:24
Day Length:	9h 43m 23s	9h 45m 21s	9h 47m 23s	9h 49m 25s	9h 51m 29s

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