Climate averages 1991–2020
New Plymouth 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 New Plymouth: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamilton, New Zealand (177 km away). In April its highs average 18.6°C, 1.7°C warmer than New Plymouth, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, New Plymouth ranks joint 6th of 11 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 17.1°C; New Plymouth is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 183 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
New Plymouth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 106 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| March | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 109 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 16.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 154 | 12.6 | 11.111 h |
| May | 14.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 183 | 14.1 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 185 | 14.7 | 9.59 h |
| July | 11.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 189 | 16.2 | 9.710 h |
| August | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 177 | 16.0 | 10.611 h |
| September | 13.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 173 | 15.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 171 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 134 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| December | 18.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 160 | 13.4 | 14.815 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
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Palmerston North in AprilNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Tauranga in AprilNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Manukau City in AprilNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in AprilNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Auckland in AprilNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Wellington in AprilNew Zealand · 254 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 New Plymouth) is explained once on the New Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.