Climate averages 1991–2020
Auckland weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Auckland: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manukau City (19 km away). In April its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Auckland, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Auckland ranks joint 1st of 11 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 17.1°C; Auckland is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Auckland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 68 | 8.7 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 65 | 8.0 | 13.513 h |
| March | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 18.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 75 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 96 | 11.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 14.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 101 | 11.8 | 9.710 h |
| July | 13.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 114 | 14.0 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 104 | 14.6 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 93 | 13.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 77 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 74 | 10.8 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 92 | 11.0 | 14.615 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Manukau City in AprilNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Tauranga in AprilNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 117 mm rain
- New Plymouth in AprilNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Palmerston North in AprilNew Zealand · 397 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in AprilNew Zealand · 486 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Wellington in AprilNew Zealand · 493 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Auckland) is explained once on the Auckland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.