Climate averages 1991–2020
Lower Hutt 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 Lower Hutt: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 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 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wellington (14 km away). In April its highs average 15.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Lower Hutt, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Lower Hutt ranks joint 8th 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; Lower Hutt is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 70 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
Lower Hutt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 58 | 8.4 | 14.815 h |
| February | 19.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 56 | 7.4 | 13.714 h |
| March | 18.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 16.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 70 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 88 | 12.1 | 9.39 h |
| July | 11.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 84 | 12.2 | 9.510 h |
| August | 11.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 80 | 13.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 76 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 11.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 15.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 73 | 10.7 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.8 | 15.115 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
- Wellington in AprilNew Zealand · 14 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Palmerston North in AprilNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 69 mm rain
- New Plymouth in AprilNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Christchurch in AprilNew Zealand · 319 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Tauranga in AprilNew Zealand · 407 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Manukau City in AprilNew Zealand · 470 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 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 Lower Hutt) is explained once on the Lower Hutt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.