Warmest and Sunniest location in NZ ? I assume its’ somewhere on the North End of the North Island ? Any Takers on this ?
Hi
Tauranga is known for its sunshine hours along with Nelson. Temperature wise I would defintely be sticking to the north of the North Island.
Tamara
Nelson, Blenheim area has the highest number of sunny days in NZ. Top of the south island for those that aren’t sure. Auckland area is definitely getting more and more sub-tropical with more rain and humidity. Christchurch is getting drier with less rain fall.[8D]
Ciao,
Potzmoathanx
HI
Just another thought. You might want to think about the temperatures in the winter. Frosts..etc.
Tamara
Hi there
Haven’t lived in NZ for over ten years now but can distinctly remember the Nelson Marlborough region having the highest sunshine hours.
Great wines too…….
Take care
Dave [
]I was looking at a table at Gate1Travel.CoM on Average Seasonal Temperatures in Melbourne and Auckland and I was amazed to see the Auckland seems to be slightly warmer most year round than Melbourne. That said, it Aulckland seems to get heaps more rain
URL is http://www.gate1travel.com/Destinations/General_Info/weather/aus_nzeal.htm
NZ has a maritime climate, much more changeable than that of a large land-mass or continent.
Anywhere north of Auckland has a fabulous climate – places such as Whangarei, the Bay of Islands (Kerikeri, Russell, Paihia) and also Mangonui, Warkworth, Kaitaia, the whole bit above Auckland, really. The west coast is generally wetter than the east coast because of where most of the rain comes in from. In the North Island this varies less than in the South Island.
The Coromandel Peninsula (Coromandel, Whitianga, Thames,
Pauanui, Waihi, Tairua) are lovely.wellington is windy, but apart from that perhaps similar to Melbourne without the super-highs in summer. Auckland feels like a few-degrees cooler Sydney (humidity similar.)
Another couple of warm sunny spots in the north Island are Tauranga and Mt Maunganui, (‘the mount’), right around the coast to Gisborne (Te Puke, “ta Pookie” that is…, Whakatane (pronounced F#$$$-a-tahnee) – this is fun, isn’t it –
and round the east cape – Opotiki, also Wairoa, Napier, Hastings are lovely. Also lots of wines, citrus, kiwi-fruit,
berries grow there which should tell you that it’s pretty warm.The south island is cooler, Dunedin is maybe like Scotland in climate, and Christchurch like England. The Canterbury plains get extremes of heat and cold.
Over on the west coast of the South Island, it’s wet as. Milford Sound wins the ‘most rain’ competition. However Nelson and Blenheim and Takaka have an amazing micro-climate that you wouldn’t believe considering the latitude, they are as warm and sunny as anything.
Queenstown and around there is beautiful in an alpine kind of way. The bottom of the south Island is colder but gets into the nice 20’s in summer.
Queenslanders and Darwin types would think the whole country is freezing even on the hottest days of summer, but Europeans would think it’s perfect. I guess it’s all relative.
cheers-
Mini
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