Invercargill weather in April

In April, Invercargill sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 95 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of April to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Invercargill's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Invercargill's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 95 mm; 13.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 8:27 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 9th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Invercargill is city in New Zealand's Southland region.

Air quality: Good; PM10 23.6 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 118/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1853

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical April day in Invercargill reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 2°C warmer than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	10
2	15	10
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	9
6	15	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	9
26	14	8
27	14	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8

Invercargill weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 11°	118	14.2	15.2	4.9
Feb	17° / 12°	97	12.1	14	5.1
Mar	16° / 10°	98	13.5	12.4	4.5
Apr	14° / 9°	95	13.5	10.7	3.7
May	12° / 7°	107	15.6	9.2	2.7
Jun	10° / 5°	93	15.6	8.5	1.9
Jul	9° / 5°	84	14.9	8.8	1.8
Aug	10° / 5°	81	14.8	10	2.2
Sep	12° / 6°	93	15.2	11.6	2.7
Oct	13° / 8°	119	17.5	13.3	3.0
Nov	14° / 9°	111	16.4	14.8	3.5
Dec	16° / 10°	109	15.5	15.5	4.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	30	30	30	31	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	29	29	30
Cloudier (%)	70	70	70	69	69	69	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	71	71	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	30	70

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Invercargill gets around 95 mm of rain over 13.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	45
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	45
22	45
23	45
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	44

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	95	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in April

Winds average 19 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of April to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 8:45 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 6:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:10	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:24	8:25	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:43	8:44	8:45
Sunset (PM)	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	8:06	7:36
2	11.5	8:07	7:34
3	11.4	8:09	7:32
4	11.3	8:10	7:30
5	11.3	8:12	7:28
6	11.2	8:13	7:26
7	11.2	8:14	7:25
8	11.1	8:16	7:23
9	11.1	8:17	7:21
10	11.0	8:18	7:19
11	10.9	8:20	7:17
12	10.9	8:21	7:15
13	10.8	8:22	7:13
14	10.8	8:24	7:11
15	10.7	8:25	7:09
16	10.7	8:27	7:07
17	10.6	8:28	7:05
18	10.6	8:29	7:03
19	10.5	8:31	7:02
20	10.5	8:32	7:00
21	10.4	8:33	6:58
22	10.4	8:35	6:56
23	10.3	8:36	6:54
24	10.3	8:37	6:53
25	10.2	8:39	6:51
26	10.1	8:40	6:49
27	10.1	8:41	6:47
28	10.0	8:43	6:46
29	10.0	8:44	6:44
30	9.9	8:45	6:42

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 2.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 2.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.0	Moderate
24	2.0	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.8	Dim
30	1.8	Dim

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Invercargill?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Invercargill.

What to pack for Invercargill in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Invercargill sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Invercargill in April

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in February at about 15°C and coldest in August near 10°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	14	13	11	11	10	11	12	13	14
Comfort	Bracing	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Invercargill in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Invercargill peaks around January 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	8	5	3	1	1	1	2	3	5	7	9
Level	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	5	High
Apr	3	Moderate
May	1	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	5	High
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Invercargill?

Invercargill sits at 46.4°S, 168.3°E, 6 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Queenstown, 154 km away.

Topography around Invercargill

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Invercargill.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Invercargill has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,492 m.

The land around Invercargill is covered by grassland (45%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

grassland 45%

16 km

193 m

grassland 69%

80 km

1,492 m

grassland 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← March Invercargill year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Queenstown 154 km · Dunedin 176 km · Wanaka 199 km · Tekapo 314 km · Timaru 318 km · Franz Josef 365 km · Ashburton 384 km · Rolleston 446 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Invercargill (-46.4°, 168.35°, elevation 6 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	10
2	15	10
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	9
6	15	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	9
26	14	8
27	14	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	45
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	45
22	45
23	45
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	10
2	15	10
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	9
6	15	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	9
26	14	8
27	14	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	45
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	45
22	45
23	45
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	10
2	15	10
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	9
6	15	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	9
26	14	8
27	14	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	45
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	45
22	45
23	45
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0