City profile · New Zealand · Oceania
Whakatane
Bay of Plenty · New Zealand
City population
18,602
#42
in New Zealand
#3
in Bay of Plenty
#26,824
worldwide
-37.959, 176.985 · 416 km from Wellington
About Whakatane
Whakatane is a city in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand with a population of 18,602. It is the 42nd largest of the 47 cities of 15,000 or more listed in New Zealand, and the 26,824th largest worldwide. It lies 416 km from Wellington.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bay of Plenty
Rank in region
#3of 3
Coordinates
-37.959, 176.985
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 47 in New ZealandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.