Climate averages 1991–2020
Lower Hutt weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Lower Hutt: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wellington (14 km away). In May its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Lower Hutt, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Lower Hutt ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 14.8°C; Lower Hutt is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 88 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
Lower Hutt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 58 | 8.4 | 14.815 h |
| February | 19.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 56 | 7.4 | 13.714 h |
| March | 18.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| May, selected | 14.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 70 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 88 | 12.1 | 9.39 h |
| July | 11.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 84 | 12.2 | 9.510 h |
| August | 11.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 80 | 13.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 76 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 11.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 15.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 73 | 10.7 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.8 | 15.115 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
- Wellington in MayNew Zealand · 14 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Palmerston North in MayNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in MayNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 54 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MayNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Christchurch in MayNew Zealand · 319 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MayNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Tauranga in MayNew Zealand · 407 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Manukau City in MayNew Zealand · 470 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 92 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 Lower Hutt) is explained once on the Lower Hutt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.