April Sunshine Averages for New Zealand

The tables here list the average amount of sun that cities and towns around New Zealand get during April.

Each place has a daily average and a monthly total of the hours of sunshine it typically receives. The hours of sun are averages of weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

North Island

Average hours of sunshine in April
Place Day Month
Auckland 6 181
Gisborne 6 165
Hamilton 5 163
Kaitaia 5 164
Masterton 5 160
Napier 6 170
New Plymouth 6 181
Palmerston North 5 146
Tauranga 6 184
Thames 5 158
Wellington 5 156
Whangarei 5 164

South Island

Average total hours of sun in April
Place Day Month
Akaroa 5 153
Blenheim 6 190
Christchurch 5 158
Dunedin 4 132
Franz Josef 3 102
Greymouth 5 141
Invercargill 4 133
Lake Tekapo 6 195
Mt Cook 4 124
Nelson 6 192
Queenstown 5 136
Timaru 5 155
Reference

NIWA (New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research). The National Climate Database.

New Zealand Sunshine
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