Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, New Zealand weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Hastings, New Zealand: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palmerston North (132 km away). In August its highs average 12.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Hastings, New Zealand, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hastings, New Zealand ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 12.4°C; Hastings, New Zealand is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Hastings, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 8.1 | 14.615 h |
| February | 22.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.7 | 13.614 h |
| March | 20.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 69 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| June | 13.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 71 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| July | 12.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 85 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| August, selected | 13.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| September | 14.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 60 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 65 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| November | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 57 | 9.3 | 14.314 h |
| December | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 10.0 | 14.915 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
August in nearby cities
- Palmerston North in AugustNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Tauranga in AugustNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in AugustNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 80 mm rain
- New Plymouth in AugustNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in AugustNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Wellington in AugustNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Manukau City in AugustNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Auckland in AugustNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 104 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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.