Kaikoura, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Kaikoura, New Zealand (Canterbury, Kaikoura District). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-05-05, 22:21 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kaikoura local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:22 (elapsed time: -9h 0m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 31.5°. Day Length: 10h 6m 46s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:18:38	12:22:01	17:25:24
Azimuth	68.8°	0°	291.4°
Day Length		10h 6m 46s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 150 894 506 km
93 761 499 mi
Kaikoura ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 203 913 km
93 332 384 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	05:42:46	5h 42m 46s
Astronomical Twilight	05:42:46	06:15:38	32m 52s
Nautical Twilight	06:15:38	06:49:07	33m 29s
Civil Twilight	06:49:07	07:18:38	29m 31s
Daylight	07:18:38	17:25:24	10h 6m 46s
Civil Twilight	17:25:24	17:54:55	29m 31s
Nautical Twilight	17:54:55	18:28:24	33m 29s
Astronomical Twilight	18:28:24	19:01:16	32m 52s
Night	19:01:16	23:59:59	4h 58m 43s

Kaikoura Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -53.3° ( 22:21)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 233.6° ( 22:21)

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Kaikoura

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-03	2026-05-04	2026-05-05	2026-05-06	2026-05-07
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Sunrise:	07:16:28	07:17:33	07:18:38	07:19:42	07:20:46
Solar noon:	12:22:12	12:22:06	12:22:01	12:21:56	12:21:52
Sunset:	17:27:56	17:26:39	17:25:24	17:24:10	17:22:57
Day Length:	10h 11m 28s	10h 9m 6s	10h 6m 46s	10h 4m 28s	10h 2m 11s

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