Southland Region · New Zealand
Where to stay in Invercargill
Invercargill is a city in Southland Region, New Zealand, home to about 50,000 people. This guide covers 1 aparthotel in Invercargill.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- February
- Nearest airport
- IVC4 km · Invercargill Airport
- Currency
- NZDNew Zealand dollar
- Time zone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Language
- English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language
About
About Invercargill
Invercargill ( IN-vər-KAR-ghil, Māori: Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region.
Invercargill is named after William Cargill, Superintendent of Otago Province from 1853 to 1859, when Southland was part of Otago Province. Invercargill has a population of about 51,000. Many of the central city streets are named after rivers of Scotland and northern England. Invercargill has a temperate oceanic climate. Due to its southern location, extended periods of summer heat is rare, and snow can occasionally be seen during the winter months. The city does not get as much rainfall or wind as Wellington.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Invercargill
See
Because of its southerly location, Invercargill's a good place to view the aurora australis or Southern Lights, unless you fancy an expensive and uncomfortable sojourn on one of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. It's not ideally located for seeing them and travellers should not expect a display every night, but the magnetic pole's offset helps and it's certainly a lot cheaper than taking a boat into Antarctic waters. However, the city's night skies are not exactly dark, so you might want to take a flight or boat to nearby Stewart Island or just drive out into the surrounding countryside.
- Bank Corner
- Queen’s Park
- Southland Fire Service Museum
- Wachner Place
- Victoria Railway Hotel
- First Church Invercargill
- Classic Motorcycle Mecca
- Bill Richardson's Transport World
- E Hayes & Sons - The World's Fastest Indian
- Demolition World
- Awarua Communications Museum
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Invercargill
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
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Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Invercargill
25 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Club Hotel | 19.0 km | |
| 295 on Tay Motel | 1.9 km | |
| 554 Moana Court Motel | 2.8 km | |
| Admiral Court Motel & Apartments | 2.0 km | |
| Ascot Park Hotel | 3.8 km | |
| Ashlar Motel | 2.2 km | |
| Balmoral Lodge Motel | 1.8 km | |
| Bavarian Motel | 6.7 km | |
| Birchwood Manor | 1.8 km | |
| Central City Camping Park | 1.3 km | |
| Colonial Motel | 2.4 km | |
| Colonial on Tay | 2.0 km | |
| Comfort Inn Tayesta Motel | 2.0 km | |
| Golden Leaf Apartments | 2.8 km | |
| Hacienda Motel | 3.4 km | |
| Heritage Court Motel | 3.0 km | |
| Homestead Villa Motel | 3.5 km | |
| Kelvin Hotel | 2.1 km | |
| Lands End Boutique Hotel | 20.5 km | |
| Living on Dee | 4.1 km | |
| Monarch Motel | 3.1 km | |
| The Coachmans Inn | 3.5 km | |
| The Eagle | 19.0 km | |
| The Lodges At Transport World | 2.5 km | |
| Tower Lodge Motel | 2.4 km |
All 26 hotels in Invercargill, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Invercargill
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Invercargill are February. February is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; May is the wettest, with about 106 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Invercargill: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Invercargill Airport (IVC), about 4.2 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
InterCity runs daily services between Invercargill and Gore and Queenstown, with transfers to/from other places. Catch-a-Bus provides a daily minibus service from Dunedin and will pick you up at your door; they also have a less frequent service from Queenstown or Te Anau. Heading south from Dunedin you can follow State Highway 1 to Invercargill, taking about two and a half hours. Alternatively you can turn off SH 1 at Balclutha and follow the Southern Scenic Route, often called SH 92, through the Catlins.
Getting around
There are six bus routes serving the city. Buses run every hourly between 7:20AM and 5:20PM on weekdays and between 10:20AM and 4:20PM on a Saturday. Fares can be paid using cash or a Bee Card.
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IVC · Invercargill Airport
Questions
Invercargill: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Invercargill?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Invercargill are February. February is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; May is the wettest, with about 106 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Invercargill?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Invercargill Airport (IVC), about 4.2 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Invercargill?
New Zealand dollar (NZD).
Nearby
Destinations near Invercargill
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.