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Satellite view of Port of Napier; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

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Port of Napier

New ZealandHawke's Bay Region · New Zealand · Pacific Ocean

-39.4682, 176.9002 · Napier, 3 km

  • 20°Sea · February
  • 24°High · January
  • 8.5 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Port of Napier. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Port of Napier in October

  • 17°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 6.9 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month73 mm in total
  • 15 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 67Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 3 kmAirport: Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 14.5 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.4 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJanuary and February20 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and November8 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and November52 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan19°8 h62 mm
  2. Feb20°7 h52 mm
  3. Mar19°7 h65 mm
  4. Apr18°6 h78 mm
  5. May16°5 h72 mm
  6. Jun14°4 h87 mm
  7. Jul13°4 h96 mm
  8. Aug13°5 h74 mm
  9. Sep13°6 h73 mm
  10. Oct14°7 h73 mm
  11. Nov16°8 h54 mm
  12. Dec17°7 h67 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
12°15°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19°Feb: 20°Mar: 19°Apr: 18°May: 16°Jun: 14°Jul: 13°Aug: 13°Sep: 13°Oct: 14°Nov: 16°Dec: 17°13°20°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)Feb: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 15°)Mar: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 14°)Apr: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 11°)May: 12 °C (High 16° / Low 9°)Jun: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 7°)Jul: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 6°)Aug: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 6°)Sep: 11 °C (High 15° / Low 7°)Oct: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 9°)Nov: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Dec: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)19°9°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 62 mmFeb: 52 mm52Mar: 65 mmApr: 78 mmMay: 72 mmJun: 87 mmJul: 96 mm96Aug: 74 mmSep: 73 mmOct: 73 mmNov: 54 mmDec: 67 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.5 h8.5Feb: 7.3 hMar: 6.7 hApr: 5.7 hMay: 4.8 hJun: 4.0 h4.0Jul: 4.3 hAug: 5.1 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 6.9 hNov: 7.6 hDec: 7.4 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Port of Napier: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Port of Napier: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2415196298.514
Februarywarmest sea2315205287.313
March21141965106.714
April18111878115.713
May1691672124.814
June1371487134.015
July1261396144.316
August1361374135.114
September1571373126.115
October1791473126.915
November20111654107.614
December22131767117.414

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Port of Napier: Ahuriri, Napier, 2013 (04)
Photo: Bahnfrend · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Port of Napier: Ahuriri + Te Mata, Napier, 2013 (01)
Photo: Bahnfrend · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

The nearest sea measurement point is 22 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER4 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202022 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.14 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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