Climate averages 1991–2020
Wellington weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Wellington: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (14 km away). In February its highs average 19.9°C, 1.7°C warmer than Wellington, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Wellington ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 21.1°C; Wellington is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 59 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
Wellington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 55 | 7.6 | 14.815 h |
| February, selected | 18.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 56 | 6.1 | 13.714 h |
| March | 17.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 59 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 15.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 73 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| May | 13.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 76 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 95 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 87 | 12.2 | 9.510 h |
| August | 11.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 82 | 12.7 | 10.510 h |
| September | 12.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 74 | 10.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 13.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 83 | 11.4 | 13.213 h |
| November | 14.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 69 | 9.1 | 14.414 h |
| December | 16.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 65 | 9.7 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Lower Hutt in FebruaryNew Zealand · 14 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Palmerston North in FebruaryNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- New Plymouth in FebruaryNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Christchurch in FebruaryNew Zealand · 305 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 392 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in FebruaryNew Zealand · 418 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Manukau City in FebruaryNew Zealand · 478 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 64 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 Wellington) is explained once on the Wellington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.