Climate averages 1991–2020
Auckland weather
in July.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Auckland: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manukau City (19 km away). In July its highs average 13.5°C, about as warm as Auckland, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Auckland ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 11 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 11 cities is 11.8°C; Auckland is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Manukau City in JulyNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Tauranga in JulyNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 133 mm rain
- New Plymouth in JulyNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Palmerston North in JulyNew Zealand · 397 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in JulyNew Zealand · 486 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Wellington in JulyNew Zealand · 493 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 87 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.