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Best time to visit Auckland

New Zealand · 36.85°S 174.76°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Auckland is January to February and November, with highs of 20–24 °C68–75 °F and nights of 12–16 °C54–61 °F.

Rain falls all year, 88–144 mm3.5–5.7 in a month, so there is no dry season. January is the driest month and June the wettest. February is the hottest month (highs of 24 °C75 °F) and July the coldest (15 °C59 °F).

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

Auckland weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

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

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
24°74°JAN883.524°75°FEB883.523°73°MAR1044.120°68°APR1124.417°63°MAY1204.715°59°JUN1445.715°58°JUL1445.715°59°AUG1365.417°62°SEP1124.418°64°OCT963.820°68°NOV963.822°72°DEC1044.1
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Auckland's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not 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 where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January883.524741660showersgood
February883.524751660showersgood
March1044.123731558rainytoo rainy
April1124.420681254rainytoo rainy
May1204.717631049rainytoo cold
June1445.71559846rainytoo cold
July1445.71558745rainytoo cold
August1365.41559846rainytoo cold
September1124.41762948rainytoo cold
October963.818641151showerstoo cold
November963.820681254showersgood
December1044.122721457rainytoo rainy

When to go to Auckland, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersJanuary to February and November
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonMay to October
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Auckland?

Not a clear one. Rain falls all year, 88–144 mm3.5–5.7 in a month, so there is no dry season. January is the driest month and June the wettest.

February is the hottest month (highs of 24 °C75 °F) and July the coldest (15 °C59 °F). Annual rainfall is about 1,344 mm53 in.

Where to go instead when Auckland does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Auckland does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

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