Does New Zealand have a similar climate to the uk?

Question from

Does New Zealand have a similar climate to the uk?
New Zealand is pretty much parallel to the uk, and it is about the same distance away from the poles, do they have many earthquakes, if so what is the size of the 2010-07-29 14:53:43 Accepting Answers Category: Other - New Zealand

7 Answers	asseenfromoutside Veronica Alicia jennifer h Driver T mareeclara ‡ Bâý Øf PLèn†ÿ ‡ surfer 2010-07-31 04:31:35 1280575895 JVrgH7Oxaa

Best answer chosen by .
‡ Bâý Øf PLèn†ÿ ‡	2010-07-30 18:28:57 Yes i guess it's similar as i've heard UK's also cold then yeah. Pretty much the same in NZ.


surfer 2010 07 31 04:31:35 1280575895 JVrgH7Oxaa	2010-07-31 04:31:35 1280575895 JVrgH7Oxaa 2010-08-06 01:45:45 No! people think it does because it's in a similar position on the globe. New Zealand has much longer drier summers. While you can't organize a BBQ in the uk for fear it will rain, you can almost definitely organise a BBQ knowing it will be dry in the summer. There is a lot less rainfall in the summer months. Most days are sunny and warm. The average temperature of NZ is also higher in the summer. While the uk has dark grey, wet winters. NZ has very cold weather but it stays mostly sunny and dry. The weather in New Zealand is a lot more reliable and is definitely an improvement to that of the uk..no doubt! J2htujqcaa surfer 2010-07-31 04:31:35 1280575895


mareeclara	2010-07-30 17:35:31 From what I know NZ's invercargill (south of the south island) is equivalent to where London is in the UK, so we are closer to the equator. While the UK's climate is made warmer by the gulf stream current, NZ can get some cold from Antarctica....however what I found after living in the UK, was that in some ways there is a similarity....its just NZ gets more nicer days and less colder/wet ones.I also think there is much more blue skies in the winter than in the UK and less rain than in the spring/autumn. I don't think I saw any blue sky for the first 2 weeks in the UK!! HOWEVER because we have clearer skies in the winter we get more frosts, so i actually think the winter mornings are colder in NZ ( well at least along the east coast of the south island where I have lived for most of my life). The sunlight when it hits your skin in NZ burns, whereas I did not find that in the UK, even in the middle of summer, so that is noticeable difference. The skies have less pollution so because of that the UV radiation is much stronger and you get sunburnt more quickly in NZ.Yes we get earthquakes, as we are on the plate boundary between the pacific and the indo/australian. For the most part they are little and its more of a conversation opener when you get one rather than an issue. Occasionally there are earthquakes than do cause a bit of damage, but thats not that often. I have experienced a few bigger ones eg larger than 6, which are more lively but we have some of the strictest building codes in the world (which is why you get wooden buildings here)...I was horrified when I saw houses getting built in the UK!

Driver T	2010-07-30 02:19:15 Geographically, NZ is the antipodes of the Iberian Peninsular. Therefore you'd expect NZ to have the same climate as Spain/Portugal.But, the Iberian peninsular coastline is swept by the Gulf Stream, a warm current originating in the Carribean.New Zealand has no such warm currents sweeping its shores, so although closer to the equator then the UK, it does indeed experience a similar climate. Not the same, but there's more similarities than not.Earthquakes: Our building codes are extremely strict and all residences are expected to stand up to the strongest quakes.Some parts of the country have up to 200 shakes per week, but until they get above about 2.5, nobody feels them. There are only about 10 or 15 quakes per week that are above that.You can check out the latest one, and even peruse the seismograph readings onhttp://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake

jennifer h	2010-07-29 21:09:32 Yes it does. I have lived in both Countries and would say NZs is slightly warmer the winters are probably not as long . Yes NZ has earthquakes . They have had a few big ones there is a fault line that runs through part of Nz. The houses are built with strict guidlines to stand up through an earthquake.

Veronica Alicia	2010-07-29 15:20:32 New Zealand is a very long Country, composed of 2 islands known as North Island and South Island.If you have a look at an Atlas, you'll see that the lower end of South Island isn't really that far from the Antarctic Circle at Latitude 36 degrees; the top of North Island, overlooking Stephenson's Island, is way up to Latitude 45 degrees.At Christmas, in South Island you can be in a light sweater and jeans, while at the top of North Island you might be swimming at Midnight to cool down! In fact, I got very badly sun burnt on my legs just walking across a beach on Boxing Day, one year, not that far from Auckland.Generally, though, the Auckland area is similar in many ways to the climate here in England, except that it is more reliable!Earthquakes? I've only experienced the occasional tremor, over several visits during the past 40-odd years, but houses, especially the roofs, are constructed with earthquake possibilities in mind.It's a lovely Country.

asseenfromoutside	2010-07-29 15:00:21 Try reading this.http://www.emigratenz.org/NewZealandClimate.html