New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Plymouth District, which includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns, is the 10th largest district in New Zealand, and has a population of 90,100 – about two-thirds of the total population of the Taranaki region and 1.7% of New Zealand's population. This includes New Plymouth City (60,200), Waitara (7,720), Inglewood (3,970), Ōakura (1,780), Ōkato (561) and Urenui (429).
- Country
- 🇳🇿 Nueva Zelanda
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 90,100
- Time zone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -39.07, 174.08
Weather in New Plymouth month by month
The best months to go: Mar · Apr · Nov
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 27° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 23° | 27° |
| low | 8° | 8° | 5° | 6° | 3° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 3° | 3° | 6° |
| rain | 69 mm | 79 mm | 82 mm | 103 mm | 123 mm | 128 mm | 121 mm | 118 mm | 107 mm | 105 mm | 85 mm | 109 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far New Plymouth is from other cities in Nueva Zelanda
- Hamilton177 km✈ 58 min · 🚗 2 h 57 min
- Palmerston North194 km✈ 59 min · 🚗 3 h 14 min
- Rotorua214 km✈ 1 h 1 min · 🚗 3 h 34 min
- Tauranga238 km✈ 1 h 2 min · 🚗 3 h 58 min
- Porirua239 km✈ 1 h 2 min · 🚗 3 h 59 min
- Manukau City241 km✈ 1 h 3 min · 🚗 4 h 1 min
- Hastings246 km✈ 1 h 3 min · 🚗 4 h 6 min
- Napier248 km✈ 1 h 3 min · 🚗 4 h 8 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.