Christchurch climate

Christchurch Weather in April

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Christchurch, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

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 daily high and low temperature at Christchurch, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Apr 110°C7°C17°C 1999-4°C 199636%
Apr 210°C7°C19°C 2007-5°C 199636%
Apr 310°C7°C18°C 2014-5°C 198436%
Apr 410°C7°C22°C 2025-5°C 199636%
Apr 510°C7°C18°C 1974-6°C 199036%
Apr 610°C7°C19°C 2015-4°C 199034%
Apr 710°C7°C19°C 1974-5°C 202134%
Apr 810°C7°C19°C 1974-3°C 197633%
Apr 910°C7°C20°C 1974-3°C 200832%
Apr 1010°C7°C20°C 1997-5°C 200331%
Apr 1111°C7°C19°C 2025-5°C 197831%
Apr 1211°C7°C20°C 2007-3°C 198431%
Apr 1311°C7°C20°C 1991-4°C 198430%
Apr 1411°C8°C24°C 2007-3°C 199929%
Apr 1511°C8°C25°C 2007-3°C 198929%
Apr 1611°C8°C25°C 2003-3°C 201231%
Apr 1711°C8°C19°C 1987-4°C 198431%
Apr 1811°C8°C24°C 2003-3°C 199933%
Apr 1911°C8°C21°C 1976-5°C 199534%
Apr 2011°C8°C23°C 2011-5°C 199536%
Apr 2111°C8°C21°C 1976-5°C 199538%
Apr 2211°C8°C23°C 2011-1°C 197439%
Apr 2311°C8°C24°C 2011-2°C 199140%
Apr 2411°C9°C23°C 2011-2°C 201041%
Apr 2512°C9°C23°C 1984-2°C 201740%
Apr 2612°C9°C23°C 1984-4°C 198940%
Apr 2712°C9°C21°C 2007-3°C 201739%
Apr 2812°C9°C24°C 2007-3°C 198540%
Apr 2912°C9°C23°C 2007-3°C 197639%
Apr 3012°C9°C24°C 2025-3°C 197639%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Christchurch, in percent.010203040501102030
  • 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

Every day of April: sun and moon

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.