Kaikoura, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Kaikoura, New Zealand (Canterbury, Kaikoura District). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-07-29, 09:26 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Kaikoura local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:31 (remaining time: +3h 5m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 28.7°. Day Length: 9h 45m 21s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:39:07	12:31:47	17:24:28
Azimuth	64.9°	0°	295.1°
Day Length		9h 45m 21s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 894 288 km
94 382 735 mi
Kaikoura ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 196 915 km
93 949 407 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	06:01:35	6h 1m 35s
Astronomical Twilight	06:01:35	06:34:49	33m 14s
Nautical Twilight	06:34:49	07:08:53	34m 4s
Civil Twilight	07:08:53	07:39:07	30m 14s
Daylight	07:39:07	17:24:28	9h 45m 21s
Civil Twilight	17:24:28	17:54:42	30m 14s
Nautical Twilight	17:54:42	18:28:46	34m 4s
Astronomical Twilight	18:28:46	19:02:00	33m 14s
Night	19:02:00	23:59:59	4h 57m 59s

Kaikoura Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 15.2° ( 09:26)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 45.3° ( 09:26)

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Kaikoura

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-27	2026-07-28	2026-07-29	2026-07-30	2026-07-31
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	07:41:06	07:40:07	07:39:07	07:38:04	07:37:00
Solar noon:	12:31:50	12:31:49	12:31:47	12:31:45	12:31:43
Sunset:	17:22:33	17:23:30	17:24:28	17:25:27	17:26:25
Day Length:	9h 41m 27s	9h 43m 23s	9h 45m 21s	9h 47m 23s	9h 49m 25s

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