Climate averages 1991–2020
Palmerston North 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 Palmerston North: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (112 km away). In April its highs average 16.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Palmerston North, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Palmerston North ranks joint 6th of 11 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 17.1°C; Palmerston North is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 79 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
Palmerston North climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 70 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| February | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.714 h |
| March | 19.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 62 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 16.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 82 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 79 | 11.9 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 90 | 13.2 | 9.39 h |
| July | 11.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 89 | 13.2 | 9.610 h |
| August | 12.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 89 | 13.8 | 10.511 h |
| September | 13.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 94 | 14.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 15.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 109 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 87 | 13.6 | 14.314 h |
| December | 19.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 98 | 13.5 | 15.015 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
- Lower Hutt in AprilNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Wellington in AprilNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 69 mm rain
- New Plymouth in AprilNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AprilNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Tauranga in AprilNew Zealand · 301 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Manukau City in AprilNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Auckland in AprilNew Zealand · 397 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 Palmerston North) is explained once on the Palmerston North year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.