Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, New Zealand weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Hastings, New Zealand: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palmerston North (132 km away). In April its highs average 16.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Hastings, New Zealand, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hastings, New Zealand ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 17.1°C; Hastings, New Zealand is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 54 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
Hastings, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 8.1 | 14.615 h |
| February | 22.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.7 | 13.614 h |
| March | 20.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 69 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| June | 13.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 71 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| July | 12.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 85 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| August | 13.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| September | 14.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 60 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 65 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| November | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 57 | 9.3 | 14.314 h |
| December | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 10.0 | 14.915 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
- Palmerston North in AprilNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Tauranga in AprilNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in AprilNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 69 mm rain
- New Plymouth in AprilNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Wellington in AprilNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Manukau City in AprilNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Auckland in AprilNew Zealand · 360 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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.