Climate averages 1991–2020
New Plymouth weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in New Plymouth: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamilton, New Zealand (177 km away). In February its highs average 23.2°C, 2.5°C warmer than New Plymouth, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, New Plymouth ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 21.1°C; New Plymouth is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 109 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
New Plymouth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 106 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| February, selected | 20.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| March | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 109 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 154 | 12.6 | 11.111 h |
| May | 14.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 183 | 14.1 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 185 | 14.7 | 9.59 h |
| July | 11.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 189 | 16.2 | 9.710 h |
| August | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 177 | 16.0 | 10.611 h |
| September | 13.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 173 | 15.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 171 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 134 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| December | 18.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 160 | 13.4 | 14.815 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
- Hamilton, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Palmerston North in FebruaryNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Tauranga in FebruaryNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Manukau City in FebruaryNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in FebruaryNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Auckland in FebruaryNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Wellington in FebruaryNew Zealand · 254 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 New Plymouth) is explained once on the New Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.