Christchurch Weather in April
Average highs run from 10°C on April 1 to 12°C on April 30, and lows from 7°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 57 mm over about 12 wet days.
April day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
April at a glance
- Average high
- 11°C
- Average low
- 8°C
- Precipitation
- 57 mm
- Record high
- 25°CApr 16, 2003
- Record low
- -6°CApr 5, 1990
- Daylight
- 12 h 57 min to 14 h 43 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 7°C
- Wind
- 22.7 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | 10°C | 7°C | 17°C 1999 | -4°C 1996 | 36% |
| Apr 2 | 10°C | 7°C | 19°C 2007 | -5°C 1996 | 36% |
| Apr 3 | 10°C | 7°C | 18°C 2014 | -5°C 1984 | 36% |
| Apr 4 | 10°C | 7°C | 22°C 2025 | -5°C 1996 | 36% |
| Apr 5 | 10°C | 7°C | 18°C 1974 | -6°C 1990 | 36% |
| Apr 6 | 10°C | 7°C | 19°C 2015 | -4°C 1990 | 34% |
| Apr 7 | 10°C | 7°C | 19°C 1974 | -5°C 2021 | 34% |
| Apr 8 | 10°C | 7°C | 19°C 1974 | -3°C 1976 | 33% |
| Apr 9 | 10°C | 7°C | 20°C 1974 | -3°C 2008 | 32% |
| Apr 10 | 10°C | 7°C | 20°C 1997 | -5°C 2003 | 31% |
| Apr 11 | 11°C | 7°C | 19°C 2025 | -5°C 1978 | 31% |
| Apr 12 | 11°C | 7°C | 20°C 2007 | -3°C 1984 | 31% |
| Apr 13 | 11°C | 7°C | 20°C 1991 | -4°C 1984 | 30% |
| Apr 14 | 11°C | 8°C | 24°C 2007 | -3°C 1999 | 29% |
| Apr 15 | 11°C | 8°C | 25°C 2007 | -3°C 1989 | 29% |
| Apr 16 | 11°C | 8°C | 25°C 2003 | -3°C 2012 | 31% |
| Apr 17 | 11°C | 8°C | 19°C 1987 | -4°C 1984 | 31% |
| Apr 18 | 11°C | 8°C | 24°C 2003 | -3°C 1999 | 33% |
| Apr 19 | 11°C | 8°C | 21°C 1976 | -5°C 1995 | 34% |
| Apr 20 | 11°C | 8°C | 23°C 2011 | -5°C 1995 | 36% |
| Apr 21 | 11°C | 8°C | 21°C 1976 | -5°C 1995 | 38% |
| Apr 22 | 11°C | 8°C | 23°C 2011 | -1°C 1974 | 39% |
| Apr 23 | 11°C | 8°C | 24°C 2011 | -2°C 1991 | 40% |
| Apr 24 | 11°C | 9°C | 23°C 2011 | -2°C 2010 | 41% |
| Apr 25 | 12°C | 9°C | 23°C 1984 | -2°C 2017 | 40% |
| Apr 26 | 12°C | 9°C | 23°C 1984 | -4°C 1989 | 40% |
| Apr 27 | 12°C | 9°C | 21°C 2007 | -3°C 2017 | 39% |
| Apr 28 | 12°C | 9°C | 24°C 2007 | -3°C 1985 | 40% |
| Apr 29 | 12°C | 9°C | 23°C 2007 | -3°C 1976 | 39% |
| Apr 30 | 12°C | 9°C | 24°C 2025 | -3°C 1976 | 39% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).
- April 1
- sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 7:40 PM
- April 30
- sunrise 5:43 AM, sunset 8:26 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003862, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.