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Best time to visit Auckland

New Zealand · 36.85°S 174.76°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Auckland is January to February and October to November, when mean temperatures run from 14 °C57 °F to 20 °C68 °F.

Rain falls year-round, 88–144 mm3.5–5.7 in a month, so there is no dry season to aim for; January is the driest month and June the wettest. January is the hottest month at 20 °C68 °F and July the coldest at 11 °C52 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -36.85, 174.76 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Auckland weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: January to February and October to November.

Open Auckland on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
20°67°JAN883.520°67°FEB883.519°65°MAR1044.116°61°APR1124.414°56°MAY1204.712°53°JUN1445.711°51°JUL1445.712°53°AUG1365.413°55°SEP1124.414°57°OCT963.816°61°NOV963.818°64°DEC1044.1
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Auckland's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January883.52067showersgood
February883.52067showersgood
March1044.11965rainytoo rainy
April1124.41661rainytoo rainy
May1204.71456rainytoo cold
June1445.71253rainytoo cold
July1445.71151rainytoo cold
August1365.41253rainytoo cold
September1124.41355rainytoo cold
October963.81457showersgood
November963.81661showersgood
December1044.11864rainytoo rainy

When to go to Auckland, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersJanuary to February and October to November
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonMay to September
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Auckland?

Not a distinct one. Rain falls year-round, 88–144 mm3.5–5.7 in a month, so there is no dry season to aim for; January is the driest month and June the wettest.

January is the hottest month at 20 °C68 °F and July the coldest at 11 °C52 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 1,344 mm53 in.

Where to go instead when Auckland doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Auckland doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.