Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamilton, New Zealand weather
in April.
A mild, 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 Hamilton, New Zealand: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tauranga (78 km away). In April its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Hamilton, New Zealand, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand ranks 3rd of 11 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 17.1°C; Hamilton, New Zealand is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 107 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
Hamilton, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 70 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| February | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 8.0 | 13.514 h |
| March | 21.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 72 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 18.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 92 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 107 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 114 | 12.1 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 127 | 13.3 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 122 | 14.8 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 88 | 11.0 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 99 | 11.0 | 14.715 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
- Tauranga in AprilNew Zealand · 78 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Manukau City in AprilNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Auckland in AprilNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 75 mm rain
- New Plymouth in AprilNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Palmerston North in AprilNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in AprilNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Wellington in AprilNew Zealand · 392 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 Hamilton) is explained once on the Hamilton, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.