Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, New Zealand weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Hastings, New Zealand: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palmerston North (132 km away). In May its highs average 14.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Hastings, New Zealand, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hastings, New Zealand ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 14.8°C; Hastings, New Zealand is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 71 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Palmerston North in MayNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Tauranga in MayNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in MayNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 70 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MayNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MayNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Wellington in MayNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Manukau City in MayNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Auckland in MayNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 96 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.