Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunedin weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Dunedin: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Christchurch (310 km away). In April its highs average 16.3°C, 2.4°C warmer than Dunedin, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Dunedin ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 17.1°C; Dunedin is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 50 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
Dunedin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 89 | 12.9 | 15.315 h |
| February | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 74 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| March | 16.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 59 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 13.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| May | 11.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| June | 8.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 8.79 h |
| July | 8.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 39 | 8.0 | 9.09 h |
| August | 9.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 41 | 9.4 | 10.210 h |
| September | 11.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 50 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| November | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 77 | 13.6 | 14.815 h |
| December | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 96 | 14.4 | 15.616 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
- Christchurch in AprilNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Wellington in AprilNew Zealand · 615 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in AprilNew Zealand · 628 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Palmerston North in AprilNew Zealand · 740 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 982 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Tauranga in AprilNew Zealand · 1024 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Manukau City in AprilNew Zealand · 1052 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Auckland in AprilNew Zealand · 1064 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 75 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 Dunedin) is explained once on the Dunedin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.