Climate averages 1991–2020
Auckland weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Auckland: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manukau City (19 km away). In February its highs average 22.8°C, about as warm as Auckland, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Auckland ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 21.1°C; Auckland is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Auckland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 68 | 8.7 | 14.414 h |
| February, selected | 22.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 65 | 8.0 | 13.513 h |
| March | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 75 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 96 | 11.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 14.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 101 | 11.8 | 9.710 h |
| July | 13.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 114 | 14.0 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 104 | 14.6 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 93 | 13.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 77 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 74 | 10.8 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 92 | 11.0 | 14.615 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Manukau City in FebruaryNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in FebruaryNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 97 mm rain
- New Plymouth in FebruaryNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Palmerston North in FebruaryNew Zealand · 397 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in FebruaryNew Zealand · 486 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Wellington in FebruaryNew Zealand · 493 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Auckland) is explained once on the Auckland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.