Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunedin weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Dunedin: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Christchurch (310 km away). In February its highs average 21.2°C, 3.8°C warmer than Dunedin, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Dunedin ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 21.1°C; Dunedin is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 59 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
Dunedin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 89 | 12.9 | 15.315 h |
| February, selected | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 74 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| March | 16.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 59 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 13.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| May | 11.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| June | 8.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 8.79 h |
| July | 8.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 39 | 8.0 | 9.09 h |
| August | 9.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 41 | 9.4 | 10.210 h |
| September | 11.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 50 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| November | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 77 | 13.6 | 14.815 h |
| December | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 96 | 14.4 | 15.616 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
- Christchurch in FebruaryNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Wellington in FebruaryNew Zealand · 615 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in FebruaryNew Zealand · 628 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Palmerston North in FebruaryNew Zealand · 740 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 982 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in FebruaryNew Zealand · 1024 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Manukau City in FebruaryNew Zealand · 1052 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Auckland in FebruaryNew Zealand · 1064 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 65 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 Dunedin) is explained once on the Dunedin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.