Weather in Christchurch
New Zealand 43.53° S, 172.64° E local time now
Weather in Christchurch
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Current weather for Christchurch is unavailable right now. Everything else on this page — local time, time zone rules, sunrise and sunset — is computed locally and unaffected.
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Measured · source Open-Meteo · cached for 30 minutes
Daylight in Christchurch today
July 30, 2026 · computed from -43.5321°, 172.6362° — exact regardless of what loads above.
Sunrise
7:45 AM
Sunset
5:26 PM
Day length
9h 42m
Solar noon
12:35 PM
Sun at its highest
Civil twilight runs from 7:14 AM to sunrise in the morning and from sunset to 5:57 PM in the evening — the period when there is usable light without the sun being up.
Location and time
- Coordinates
- 43.5321° S, 172.6362° E
- Latitude band
- mid-latitude, southern hemisphere
- Time zone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Offset now
- UTC+12 (NZST)
- Daylight saving time
- Observed — UTC+12 ↔ UTC+13
- Day length across the year
- 8h 56m – 15h 26m
We publish only what we can source or compute. There is no climate summary here because we have no licensed climate dataset — see data sources.
Frequently asked questions
What time is it in Christchurch while I read this?
Christchurch uses Pacific/Auckland, currently UTC+12 (NZST). The current local time, with seconds, is on the Christchurch time page — worth checking before you call, since a forecast for "tomorrow" there may still be today where you are.
Where does this weather data come from?
Open-Meteo, requested by your browser when you open this page. It needs no account or API key, so nothing about you is sent to us or to them beyond the coordinates of Christchurch. Readings are cached in your browser for 30 minutes and always labelled with the time they were taken.
Why are sunrise and sunset here but the temperature has to load?
Because they are different kinds of fact. Sunrise and sunset follow from Christchurch's latitude and longitude and the date, so we compute them locally and they are correct whether or not anything loads. Temperature is an observation — it has to come from someone measuring it, which means a network request that can fail.
How much does daylight vary in Christchurch through the year?
Between about 8h 56m and 15h 26m. At 43.5° this is a mid-latitude location in the southern hemisphere, so the swing between the solstices is pronounced.