Climate averages 1991–2020
Manukau City weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Manukau City: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 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 11 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Auckland (19 km away). In April its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Manukau City, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Manukau City ranks joint 1st of 11 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 17.1°C; Manukau City is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 92 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
Manukau City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 8.4 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 64 | 8.1 | 13.513 h |
| March | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 67 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 18.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 92 | 10.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 14.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 100 | 11.2 | 9.710 h |
| July | 13.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 112 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 97 | 13.7 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 86 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 71 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 87 | 10.9 | 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
- Auckland in AprilNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Tauranga in AprilNew Zealand · 137 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 117 mm rain
- New Plymouth in AprilNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Palmerston North in AprilNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in AprilNew Zealand · 470 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Wellington in AprilNew Zealand · 478 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 Manukau City) is explained once on the Manukau City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.