Wairoa Sunshine Hours by Month

Sunshine is key to understanding how a place experiences its seasons. This page shows the total number of hours of direct sunlight per month and the average hours per day in Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The numbers reflect climate data gathered over a 30-year period, from 1990 to 2020.

Monthly hours of sunshine

Sunshine in Wairoa varies greatly throughout the year. The sunniest month, December, reaches an impressive 235 hours, while June, the darkest month, offers only 133 hours. The total annual amount of sun is 2255 hours.

Daily hours of sunshine

This means the city can be enjoyed more throughout the sunniest month of December under a blue sky, with approximately 7.8 hours of sunshine daily. In contrast, the city experiences much darker days in June, with only 4.4 hours of sunlight per day.

Wairoa enjoys an average of 2255 hours of sunshine annually. Let’s compare this with some popular tourist destinations:

In Lisbon, Portugal, there are approximately 2801 hours of sunshine annually, highlighting its warm and sunny Mediterranean climate.

Manchester, UK, experiences just around 1420 hours of sunshine annually.

In Shanghai, China, the annual average sunshine is 1780 hours, with cloudier weather in summer.

Perth, Australia, enjoys 3180 hours of sunshine annually, the highest among major Australian cities.

July, Wairoa’s wettest month, receives 86 mm (3.4 in) of rainfall and has a maximum daytime temperature of 14°C (57°F). During the driest month December you can expect a temperature of 22°C (72°F).

For more detailed insights into the city’s temperatures, check out our Temperature page. To explore more about precipitation patterns, visit our Wairoa Precipitation page.