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Gisborne is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District (or Gisborne Region). It has a population of 38,100 (June 2025). Gisborne District Council has its headquarters in the central city.
| Climate data for Gisborne (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1905–present) | |||||||||||||
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.2(100.8) | 36.6(97.9) | 35.1(95.2) | 31.0(87.8) | 27.8(82.0) | 23.2(73.8) | 21.9(71.4) | 23.0(73.4) | 27.1(80.8) | 30.8(87.4) | 34.8(94.6) | 37.2(99.0) | 38.2(100.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.8(78.4) | 25.7(78.3) | 23.8(74.8) | 20.9(69.6) | 18.4(65.1) | 15.7(60.3) | 14.7(58.5) | 15.7(60.3) | 17.6(63.7) | 20.1(68.2) | 21.7(71.1) | 23.8(74.8) | 20.3(68.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.1(68.2) | 20.2(68.4) | 18.3(64.9) | 15.6(60.1) | 13.2(55.8) | 10.8(51.4) | 10.1(50.2) | 10.7(51.3) | 12.6(54.7) | 14.7(58.5) | 16.3(61.3) | 18.5(65.3) | 15.1(59.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.3(57.7) | 14.7(58.5) | 12.8(55.0) | 10.3(50.5) | 8.0(46.4) | 5.9(42.6) | 5.5(41.9) | 5.7(42.3) | 7.6(45.7) | 9.3(48.7) | 10.9(51.6) | 13.1(55.6) | 9.8(49.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.2(36.0) | 3.3(37.9) | 0.8(33.4) | −1.7(28.9) | −3.4(25.9) | −3.9(25.0) | −4.4(24.1) | −5.3(22.5) | −2.3(27.9) | −0.6(30.9) | −0.6(30.9) | 0.0(32.0) | −5.3(22.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 71.4(2.81) | 65.9(2.59) | 94.0(3.70) | 107.1(4.22) | 84.0(3.31) | 107.4(4.23) | 118.7(4.67) | 78.1(3.07) | 73.1(2.88) | 76.1(3.00) | 65.2(2.57) | 59.9(2.36) | 1,000.9(39.41) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.2 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 106.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 70.0 | 77.4 | 79.8 | 80.5 | 81.1 | 82.4 | 82.3 | 78.6 | 72.4 | 71.5 | 68.3 | 68.7 | 76.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 259.9 | 204.9 | 193.0 | 165.3 | 151.3 | 133.2 | 130.3 | 172.6 | 189.4 | 230.9 | 228.6 | 236.9 | 2,296.3 |
| Source: NIWA Climate Data | |||||||||||||
| Name | Area(km2) | Population | Density(per km2) | Dwellings | Median age | Medianincome |
| Lytton | 0.86 | 1,431 | 459 | 615 | years | $28,800 |
| Mangapapa | 3.12 | 4,845 | 1,553 | 1,626 | years | $38,600 |
| Riverdale | 1.24 | 1,350 | 1,089 | 492 | years | $41,400 |
| Gisborne Centre | 10.89 | 2,940 | 371 | 1,146 | years | $36,800 |
| Whataupoko | 3.79 | 4,020 | 1,061 | 1,539 | years | $44,300 |
| Te Hāpara | 3.01 | 6,681 | 2,220 | 2,370 | years | $36,400 |
| Elgin | 1.04 | 2,745 | 2,639 | 855 | years | $32,600 |
| Wainui-Okitu | 6.20 | 2,004 | 323 | 729 | years | $52,600 |
| Kaiti | 6.20 | 8,217 | 1,325 | 2,442 | years | $32,400 |
| Tamarau | 1.11 | 2,676 | 2,411 | 759 | years | $32,400 |
| New Zealand | years | $41,500 |