Climate averages 1991–2020
Auckland weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Auckland: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manukau City (19 km away). In May its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Auckland, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Auckland ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 14.8°C; Auckland is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Manukau City in MayNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MayNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Tauranga in MayNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 113 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MayNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in MayNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Palmerston North in MayNew Zealand · 397 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in MayNew Zealand · 486 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Wellington in MayNew Zealand · 493 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 76 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.