Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamilton, New Zealand weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 2nd 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 Hamilton, New Zealand: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tauranga (78 km away). In February its highs average 22.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Hamilton, New Zealand, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 21.1°C; Hamilton, New Zealand is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 72 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
Hamilton, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 70 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| February, selected | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 8.0 | 13.514 h |
| March | 21.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 72 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 92 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 107 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 114 | 12.1 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 127 | 13.3 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 122 | 14.8 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 88 | 11.0 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 99 | 11.0 | 14.715 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
- Tauranga in FebruaryNew Zealand · 78 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Manukau City in FebruaryNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Auckland in FebruaryNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 65 mm rain
- New Plymouth in FebruaryNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Palmerston North in FebruaryNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in FebruaryNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Wellington in FebruaryNew Zealand · 392 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 Hamilton) is explained once on the Hamilton, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.