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Time in Rotorua, New Zealand now

20:56:39

Wednesday, 1. April 2026, week 14

April Fools' Day

Rotorua switches to standard time at 03:00 on Sunday, 5. April. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:27 ↓ 19:11 (11h 43m) - More info - Make Rotorua time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Rotorua

UTC +13

New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)
now 17 hours ahead of New York

From 5 April 2026: UTC +12 / New Zealand Standard Time (NZST)
The IANA time zone identifier for Rotorua is Pacific/Auckland.

Sunday September 28 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +13 / New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday April 5 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +12 / New Zealand Standard Time (NZST).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from Rotorua

Los Angeles	−20 hours	−20 hours
Chicago	−18 hours	−18 hours
New York	−17 hours	−17 hours
Toronto	−17 hours	−17 hours
São Paulo	−16 hours	−16 hours
UTC	−13 hours	−13 hours
Lagos	−12 hours	−12 hours
London	−12 hours	−12 hours
Cairo	−11 hours	−11 hours
Johannesburg	−11 hours	−11 hours
Paris	−11 hours	−11 hours
Zurich	−11 hours	−11 hours
Istanbul	−10 hours	−10 hours
Moscow	−10 hours	−10 hours
Dubai	−9 hours	−9 hours
Mumbai	−7.5 hours	−7.5 hours
Hong Kong	−5 hours	−5 hours
Shanghai	−5 hours	−5 hours
Singapore	−5 hours	−5 hours
Tokyo	−4 hours	−4 hours
Sydney	−2 hours	−2 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Rotorua

Sunrise: 07:27
Sunset: 19:11
Day length: 11h 43m
Solar noon: 13:19
The current local time in Rotorua is 79 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Rotorua on the map

Location: New Zealand
Latitude: -38.139. Longitude: 176.245
Population: 66,000

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Best restaurants in Rotorua

#1 Cafe Dynasti - New Zealand and healthy food
#2 Mac's Steak House - Steakhouses and vegetarian options food
#3 Mitchell Downs Tavern - Grill food

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