Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, New Zealand weather
in September.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a cool month in Hastings, New Zealand: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palmerston North (132 km away). In September its highs average 13.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Hastings, New Zealand, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hastings, New Zealand ranks 3rd of 11 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 11 cities is 13.8°C; Hastings, New Zealand is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 13.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Palmerston North in SeptemberNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Tauranga in SeptemberNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in SeptemberNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 76 mm rain
- New Plymouth in SeptemberNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in SeptemberNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Wellington in SeptemberNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Manukau City in SeptemberNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Auckland in SeptemberNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 93 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.