[Stephen Jones]

We've been told that the climate in Auckland makes it the best place to live in New Zealand, but is this true?

Also is it the best place to find work as a computer programmer?


Steve Jones

[gil]

Hello Steve, Nice to hear from another Wales located family :D

As we are currently still in Cardiff, I can't speak with certainty about the Auckland climate, but that's where we are headed too. When/where in Aucland are you thinking of? And where in Wales are you?
I'm sure someone from the Auckland area will post some good info on this. Have you already looked in Where Should I Live section? There may be something in there, or do a search on Aucklnad/climate?
best of luck,
Gil

[Timbo]

Hi Steve. Wales seems to be the in place to leave at the moment.
Have you checked out this feature yet?
http://www.emigratenz.org/NewZealandSunshine.html

[Stephen Jones]

Hello Gil,

We are in Pontypridd. Not a million miles away from you.

Thanks for the advice.

Steve

[Stephen Jones]

Hi Steve. Wales seems to be the in place to leave at the moment.
Have you checked out this feature yet?
http://www.emigratenz.org/NewZealandSunshine.html

Hi Timbo

You are right about Wales being the place to leave...there's nothing here!

Thanks for the link. Checked it out - over 2000 hrs of sunshine seems ok to me.

Steve

[gil]

Great link Timbo, thanks. I see that London has about 1500 hours of sun a year. Wales must get about a quarter of that!!

Gil

[Timbo]

All of the info is available right here Gil. Scroll to bottom of the main page and click on New Zealand Immigration. This will put you onto the ENZ home page, which has a wealth of stuff on it.

[gil]

Doh!! :D
Thanks!
Gil

[jubjub]

At the moment its 16c at 8.30 am, and the sun is shining, sky is blue, trees are just all coming into leaf for spring, but it has poured down for the last couple of days, apparently it can rain a bit here, but in the 4 months or so we have been here, there have been maybe 4-5 weekends that have been spoilt by bad weather?You do get extremes here as well, it can be torrential for five mins, then the sun comes out and ten mins later its all dried up again...., oh and it gets pretty windy some days, due to be practically surrounded by sea water I suppose.

We have spent a few days even at the end of winter sunbathing on our deck...

[Singel]

Hello Steve Jones, welcome to the forum.

Auckland is pretty wet and sunny, here is the comparison of Auckland's average temperature and rainfall with major UK cities (London, Edinburgh, Birmingham) : http://www.emigratenz.org/NewZealandClimate.html#auckland

Info about UK versus New Zealand climate : http://www.emigratenz.org/NewZealandClimate.html

:cheers

[Singel]

Also is it the best place to find work as a computer programmer?
Steve Jones
Yes, there are plenty of IT jobs here.

[dave k]

We've been told that the climate in Auckland makes it the best place to live in New Zealand, but is this true?
Steve Jones

Surely climate can only be one factor in assessing whether a place is suitable or not. Auckland does get higher temperatures on average than much of the rest of NZ, but it can also be uncomfortably humid at times (esp. in the city) & very unpredictable.
It still gets plenty cold in the winter too, so don't expect a tropical paradise.