Kaikoura, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Kaikoura, New Zealand (Canterbury, Kaikoura District). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-05-26, 07:26 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kaikoura local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:22 (remaining time: +4h 56m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 26.6°. Day Length: 9h 25m 26s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:39:34	12:22:17	17:05:00
Azimuth	61.8°	0°	298.3°
Day Length		9h 25m 26s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 543 671 km
94 164 872 mi
Kaikoura ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 848 294 km
93 732 785 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	06:00:11	6h 0m 11s
Astronomical Twilight	06:00:11	06:33:52	33m 41s
Nautical Twilight	06:33:52	07:08:34	34m 42s
Civil Twilight	07:08:34	07:39:34	31m 0s
Daylight	07:39:34	17:05:00	9h 25m 26s
Civil Twilight	17:05:00	17:36:00	31m 0s
Nautical Twilight	17:36:00	18:10:42	34m 42s
Astronomical Twilight	18:10:42	18:44:22	33m 40s
Night	18:44:22	23:59:59	5h 15m 37s

Kaikoura Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -2.9° ( 07:26)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 64° ( 07:26)

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Kaikoura

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-24	2026-05-25	2026-05-26	2026-05-27	2026-05-28
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Sunrise:	07:37:47	07:38:41	07:39:34	07:40:26	07:41:17
Solar noon:	12:22:05	12:22:11	12:22:17	12:22:23	12:22:31
Sunset:	17:06:23	17:05:40	17:05:00	17:04:21	17:03:44
Day Length:	9h 28m 36s	9h 26m 59s	9h 25m 26s	9h 23m 55s	9h 22m 27s

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