Kaikoura, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Kaikoura, New Zealand (Canterbury, Kaikoura District). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 18:46 (GMT+13:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kaikoura local time. Solar noon Today was at: 13:13 (elapsed time: -5h 33m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 52.8°. Day Length: 12h 49m 9s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:48:39	13:13:13	19:37:48
Azimuth	98°	0°	262°
Day Length		12h 49m 9s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 149 509 105 km
92 900 651 mi
Kaikoura ↔ Sun, nearest point: 148 812 448 km
92 467 768 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	05:11:18	5h 11m 18s
Astronomical Twilight	05:11:18	05:46:26	35m 8s
Nautical Twilight	05:46:26	06:20:16	33m 50s
Civil Twilight	06:20:16	06:48:39	28m 23s
Daylight	06:48:39	19:37:48	12h 49m 9s
Civil Twilight	19:37:48	20:06:11	28m 23s
Nautical Twilight	20:06:11	20:40:00	33m 49s
Astronomical Twilight	20:40:00	21:15:08	35m 8s
Night	21:15:08	23:59:59	2h 44m 51s

Kaikoura Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 8.6° ( 18:46)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 270.6° ( 18:46)

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Kaikoura

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	06:52:06	06:50:22	06:48:39	06:46:57	06:45:15
Solar noon:	13:13:49	13:13:31	13:13:13	13:12:56	13:12:39
Sunset:	19:35:33	19:36:40	19:37:48	19:38:56	19:40:04
Day Length:	12h 43m 27s	12h 46m 18s	12h 49m 9s	12h 51m 59s	12h 54m 49s

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