Kaikoura, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Kaikoura, New Zealand (Canterbury, Kaikoura District). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-31, 05:12 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kaikoura local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:31 (remaining time: +7h 19m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 29.2°. Day Length: 9h 49m 25s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:37:00	12:31:43	17:26:25
Azimuth	65.6°	0°	294.4°
Day Length		9h 49m 25s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 862 692 km
94 363 102 mi
Kaikoura ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 169 864 km
93 932 598 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	05:59:49	5h 59m 49s
Astronomical Twilight	05:59:49	06:32:59	33m 10s
Nautical Twilight	06:32:59	07:06:55	33m 56s
Civil Twilight	07:06:55	07:37:00	30m 5s
Daylight	07:37:00	17:26:25	9h 49m 25s
Civil Twilight	17:26:25	17:56:31	30m 6s
Nautical Twilight	17:56:31	18:30:27	33m 56s
Astronomical Twilight	18:30:27	19:03:36	33m 9s
Night	19:03:36	23:59:59	4h 56m 23s

Kaikoura Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -26.8° ( 05:12)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 88.8° ( 05:12)

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Kaikoura

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-29	2026-07-30	2026-07-31	2026-08-01	2026-08-02
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	07:39:07	07:38:04	07:37:00	07:35:55	07:34:47
Solar noon:	12:31:47	12:31:45	12:31:43	12:31:40	12:31:36
Sunset:	17:24:28	17:25:27	17:26:25	17:27:24	17:28:24
Day Length:	9h 45m 21s	9h 47m 23s	9h 49m 25s	9h 51m 29s	9h 53m 37s

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