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Weather in Queenstown

New Zealand 45.03° S, 168.66° E local time now

Weather in Queenstown

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Daylight in Queenstown today

July 30, 2026 · computed from -45.0312°, 168.6626° — exact regardless of what loads above.

Sunrise

8:05 AM

Sunset

5:38 PM

Day length

9h 34m

Solar noon

12:51 PM

Sun at its highest

00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00

Civil twilight runs from 7:33 AM to sunrise in the morning and from sunset to 6:10 PM in the evening — the period when there is usable light without the sun being up.

Location and time

Coordinates
45.0312° S, 168.6626° 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 46m – 15h 37m

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 Queenstown while I read this?

Queenstown uses Pacific/Auckland, currently UTC+12 (NZST). The current local time, with seconds, is on the Queenstown 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 Queenstown. 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 Queenstown'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 Queenstown through the year?

Between about 8h 46m and 15h 37m. At 45.0° this is a mid-latitude location in the southern hemisphere, so the swing between the solstices is pronounced.

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