Climate averages 1991–2020
Manukau City weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Manukau City: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Auckland (19 km away). In February its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Manukau City, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Manukau City ranks joint 2nd of 11 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 21.1°C; Manukau City is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 67 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
Manukau City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 8.4 | 14.414 h |
| February, selected | 22.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 64 | 8.1 | 13.513 h |
| March | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 67 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 92 | 10.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 14.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 100 | 11.2 | 9.710 h |
| July | 13.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 112 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 97 | 13.7 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 86 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 71 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 87 | 10.9 | 14.615 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
- Auckland in FebruaryNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in FebruaryNew Zealand · 137 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 97 mm rain
- New Plymouth in FebruaryNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Palmerston North in FebruaryNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in FebruaryNew Zealand · 470 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Wellington in FebruaryNew Zealand · 478 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 Manukau City) is explained once on the Manukau City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.