City profile · New Zealand · Oceania
Whangarei
Northland · New Zealand
City population
50,900
#18
in New Zealand
#11,245
worldwide
-35.732, 174.324 · 619 km from Wellington
About Whangarei
Whangarei is a city in Northland, New Zealand with a population of 50,900. It is the 18th largest of the 47 cities of 15,000 or more listed in New Zealand, and the 11,245th largest worldwide. It lies 619 km from Wellington.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Northland
Elevation
7 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Auckland
Coordinates
-35.732, 174.324
Record updated
2026-04-14
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.