Sunrise and sunset times in Rotorua
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Rotorua, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 5:59:12 pm
First light at 6:22:44 am
Sunrise time: 6:47:52 am
Sunset time: 7:21:08 pm
Last light at 7:46:15 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 15.0° · Azimuth: 277° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 33 minutes
1 hour, 21 minutes left for today's sunset in Rotorua
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 12:44 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:53 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (65%)🌑 New moon: Oct 11 at 4:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:13 PMTomorrow
October 3, 2026
First light at 6:21:10 am
Sunrise time: 6:46:20 am
Sunset time: 7:22:02 pm
Last light at 7:47:12 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 35 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Rotorua
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 1:51 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:55 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Rotorua, Bay of Plenty
- Latitude: -38.138741 (South)
- Longitude: 176.245163 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty
The shortest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours and 33 minutes.Longest day in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty
The longest day of the year will be in 2 months and 20 days, during the summer solstice on December 22, 2026, with a daylight length of 14 hours and 52 minutes.
October 2026 - Rotorua, Bay of Plenty - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of October in Rotorua.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 9 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty - from 12 hours, 30 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 40 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First Light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last Light | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar Noon
Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.
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Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night Length
Calculated form this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.
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Moon phase |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | 6:24:19 am | 6:49:25 am | 7:20:13 pm | 7:45:20 pm | 12h 30m 48s | 2m 27s | 1:04:49 pm | 55° | 5:53:12 am | 8:16:27 pm | 5:21:23 am | 8:48:16 pm | 11h 27m 39s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:22:44 am | 6:47:52 am | 7:21:08 pm | 7:46:15 pm | 12h 33m 16s | 2m 28s | 1:04:30 pm | 55.4° | 5:51:34 am | 8:17:26 pm | 5:19:39 am | 8:49:21 pm | 11h 25m 12s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:21:10 am | 6:46:20 am | 7:22:02 pm | 7:47:12 pm | 12h 35m 42s | 2m 26s | 1:04:11 pm | 55.7° | 5:49:56 am | 8:18:26 pm | 5:17:56 am | 8:50:26 pm | 11h 22m 45s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:19:36 am | 6:44:47 am | 7:22:57 pm | 7:48:08 pm | 12h 38m 10s | 2m 28s | 1:03:52 pm | 56.1° | 5:48:18 am | 8:19:26 pm | 5:16:12 am | 8:51:32 pm | 11h 20m 18s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:18:02 am | 6:43:15 am | 7:23:52 pm | 7:49:05 pm | 12h 40m 37s | 2m 27s | 1:03:34 pm | 56.5° | 5:46:41 am | 8:20:27 pm | 5:14:29 am | 8:52:39 pm | 11h 17m 52s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:16:29 am | 6:41:44 am | 7:24:48 pm | 7:50:03 pm | 12h 43m 4s | 2m 27s | 1:03:16 pm | 56.9° | 5:45:03 am | 8:21:29 pm | 5:12:45 am | 8:53:47 pm | 11h 15m 25s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:14:56 am | 6:40:13 am | 7:25:44 pm | 7:51:01 pm | 12h 45m 31s | 2m 27s | 1:02:58 pm | 57.3° | 5:43:26 am | 8:22:31 pm | 5:11:01 am | 8:54:55 pm | 11h 12m 58s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:13:23 am | 6:38:42 am | 7:26:40 pm | 7:51:59 pm | 12h 47m 58s | 2m 27s | 1:02:41 pm | 57.7° | 5:41:49 am | 8:23:33 pm | 5:09:18 am | 8:56:04 pm | 11h 10m 32s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:11:50 am | 6:37:12 am | 7:27:36 pm | 7:52:58 pm | 12h 50m 24s | 2m 26s | 1:02:24 pm | 58° | 5:40:12 am | 8:24:37 pm | 5:07:34 am | 8:57:15 pm | 11h 8m 7s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:10:18 am | 6:35:43 am | 7:28:33 pm | 7:53:58 pm | 12h 52m 50s | 2m 26s | 1:02:08 pm | 58.4° | 5:38:35 am | 8:25:41 pm | 5:05:50 am | 8:58:25 pm | 11h 5m 41s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:08:47 am | 6:34:14 am | 7:29:30 pm | 7:54:57 pm | 12h 55m 16s | 2m 26s | 1:01:52 pm | 58.8° | 5:36:59 am | 8:26:45 pm | 5:04:07 am | 8:59:37 pm | 11h 3m 16s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:07:16 am | 6:32:46 am | 7:30:28 pm | 7:55:58 pm | 12h 57m 42s | 2m 26s | 1:01:37 pm | 59.2° | 5:35:23 am | 8:27:51 pm | 5:02:23 am | 9:00:50 pm | 11h 0m 50s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:05:45 am | 6:31:18 am | 7:31:25 pm | 7:56:58 pm | 13h 0m 7s | 2m 25s | 1:01:22 pm | 59.6° | 5:33:47 am | 8:28:57 pm | 5:00:40 am | 9:02:03 pm | 10h 58m 26s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:04:15 am | 6:29:51 am | 7:32:24 pm | 7:57:59 pm | 13h 2m 33s | 2m 26s | 1:01:07 pm | 59.9° | 5:32:12 am | 8:30:03 pm | 4:58:57 am | 9:03:18 pm | 10h 56m 1s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:02:46 am | 6:28:25 am | 7:33:22 pm | 7:59:01 pm | 13h 4m 57s | 2m 24s | 1:00:53 pm | 60.3° | 5:30:37 am | 8:31:10 pm | 4:57:14 am | 9:04:33 pm | 10h 53m 37s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:01:17 am | 6:26:59 am | 7:34:21 pm | 8:00:03 pm | 13h 7m 22s | 2m 25s | 1:00:40 pm | 60.7° | 5:29:02 am | 8:32:18 pm | 4:55:31 am | 9:05:49 pm | 10h 51m 13s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5:59:49 am | 6:25:34 am | 7:35:21 pm | 8:01:06 pm | 13h 9m 47s | 2m 25s | 1:00:27 pm | 61° | 5:27:29 am | 8:33:26 pm | 4:53:49 am | 9:07:06 pm | 10h 48m 49s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 5:58:22 am | 6:24:10 am | 7:36:20 pm | 8:02:09 pm | 13h 12m 10s | 2m 23s | 1:00:15 pm | 61.4° | 5:25:55 am | 8:34:35 pm | 4:52:07 am | 9:08:24 pm | 10h 46m 27s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 5:56:55 am | 6:22:47 am | 7:37:21 pm | 8:03:13 pm | 13h 14m 34s | 2m 24s | 1:00:04 pm | 61.8° | 5:24:22 am | 8:35:45 pm | 4:50:25 am | 9:09:43 pm | 34h 44m 4s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 5:55:29 am | 6:21:25 am | 7:38:21 pm | 8:04:17 pm | 13h 16m 56s | 2m 22s | 12:59:53 pm | 62.5° | 5:22:50 am | 8:36:56 pm | 4:48:44 am | 9:11:02 pm | -13h 16m 56s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:55:29 am | 6:21:25 am | 7:38:21 pm | 8:04:17 pm | 13h 16m 56s | 0m 0s | 12:59:53 pm | 62.5° | 5:22:50 am | 8:36:56 pm | 4:48:44 am | 9:11:02 pm | 10h 41m 42s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:54:04 am | 6:20:03 am | 7:39:22 pm | 8:05:21 pm | 13h 19m 19s | 2m 23s | 12:59:43 pm | 62.8° | 5:21:19 am | 8:38:06 pm | 4:47:03 am | 9:12:22 pm | 10h 39m 21s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:52:40 am | 6:18:43 am | 7:40:23 pm | 8:06:26 pm | 13h 21m 40s | 2m 21s | 12:59:33 pm | 63.2° | 5:19:48 am | 8:39:18 pm | 4:45:22 am | 9:13:44 pm | 10h 37m 0s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:51:16 am | 6:17:23 am | 7:41:25 pm | 8:07:32 pm | 13h 24m 2s | 2m 22s | 12:59:24 pm | 63.5° | 5:18:18 am | 8:40:30 pm | 4:43:43 am | 9:15:06 pm | 10h 34m 40s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:49:54 am | 6:16:05 am | 7:42:27 pm | 8:08:38 pm | 13h 26m 22s | 2m 20s | 12:59:16 pm | 63.9° | 5:16:49 am | 8:41:43 pm | 4:42:03 am | 9:16:29 pm | 10h 32m 20s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:48:32 am | 6:14:47 am | 7:43:29 pm | 8:09:44 pm | 13h 28m 42s | 2m 20s | 12:59:08 pm | 64.2° | 5:15:20 am | 8:42:57 pm | 4:40:24 am | 9:17:52 pm | 10h 30m 2s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:47:12 am | 6:13:31 am | 7:44:32 pm | 8:10:51 pm | 13h 31m 1s | 2m 19s | 12:59:02 pm | 64.6° | 5:13:52 am | 8:44:11 pm | 4:38:46 am | 9:19:17 pm | 10h 27m 44s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:45:52 am | 6:12:16 am | 7:45:35 pm | 8:11:59 pm | 13h 33m 19s | 2m 18s | 12:58:55 pm | 64.9° | 5:12:26 am | 8:45:25 pm | 4:37:09 am | 9:20:42 pm | 10h 25m 26s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:44:34 am | 6:11:01 am | 7:46:39 pm | 8:13:06 pm | 13h 35m 38s | 2m 19s | 12:58:50 pm | 65.2° | 5:11:00 am | 8:46:40 pm | 4:35:32 am | 9:22:08 pm | 10h 23m 9s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:43:16 am | 6:09:48 am | 7:47:42 pm | 8:14:15 pm | 13h 37m 54s | 2m 16s | 12:58:45 pm | 65.6° | 5:09:35 am | 8:47:56 pm | 4:33:56 am | 9:23:35 pm | 10h 20m 55s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:42:00 am | 6:08:37 am | 7:48:46 pm | 8:15:23 pm | 13h 40m 9s | 2m 15s | 12:58:42 pm | 65.9° | 5:08:11 am | 8:49:12 pm | 4:32:21 am | 9:25:02 pm | 10h 18m 40s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Rotorua
In Rotorua, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 8 at 5:43 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 29 at 7:30 am. The earliest sunset is on June 13 at 5:02 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 5 at 8:43 pm.
Rotorua gets 5h 18m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 52m versus 9h 33m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 09m.
Rotorua Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Rotorua. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in Rotorua.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 28.3° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 75° (around Dec 20) in Rotorua. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma.
Detailed Analemma Chart
The technical chart below plots one dot per day, labels the first day of each month, marks the solstices, equinoxes, perihelion and aphelion, and draws the noon altitude of the equinoxes (90° minus your latitude) together with its ±23.4° seasonal limits.
Why does the figure look wider here than in the sky view above?
Both draw the same data, but with different conventions. The sky view uses the same scale on both axes, so it shows the analemma with its true proportions, as a camera would capture it: about 47° tall and only a few degrees wide. This chart, like most technical analemma diagrams, stretches each axis independently to fill the plot, expanding the narrow azimuth range several times so its day-to-day variation can actually be read. Also, azimuth is not sky distance: near the zenith, one degree of azimuth spans much less than one degree across the sky, which further widens the figure in this representation.
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