City profile · New Zealand · Oceania
Timaru
City population
29,300
#27
in New Zealand
#3
in Canterbury
#18,429
worldwide
-44.397, 171.254 · 449 km from Wellington
About Timaru
Timaru is a city in Canterbury, New Zealand with a population of 29,300. It is the 27th largest of the 47 cities of 15,000 or more listed in New Zealand, and the 18,429th largest worldwide. It lies 449 km from Wellington.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 5
Elevation
14 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Auckland
Coordinates
-44.397, 171.254
Record updated
2026-05-05
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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