Ideal weather days in Auckland
The best time to visit Auckland for warm, dry weather is February, March and November, with 17 to 20 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at Auckland's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in February, March and November.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
Open the full map Zoom with ctrl or ⌘ and scroll.Move and zoom with two fingers.
Your ideal days in Auckland, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too wet125
- Too cold120
- Too windy98
- Too hot0
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), Auckland averaged 131 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in New Zealand, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain) are most common in February (up to 8 a month, 16 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in March (up to 13 a month, 64 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are wet (more than 1 mm of rain): 125 a year, mostly in April to October and December to January. Another 120 are too cold (a high under 18 °C), mostly in June, July and August. A day can fail more than one test.
Auckland weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25 °C 76 °F | 10 | 11 | 16 of 31 |
| February | 25 °C 77 °F | 7 | 3 | 20 of 28 |
| March | 23 °C 73 °F | 9 | 6 | 20 of 31 |
| April | 22 °C 71 °F | 12 | 7 | 15 of 30 |
| May | 18 °C 64 °F | 16 | 8 | 9 of 31 |
| June | 17 °C 63 °F | 13 | 4 | 2 of 30 |
| July | 16 °C 60 °F | 15 | 9 | 0 of 31 |
| August | 15 °C 59 °F | 11 | 5 | 1 of 31 |
| September | 18 °C 64 °F | 14 | 14 | 6 of 30 |
| October | 19 °C 66 °F | 11 | 13 | 10 of 31 |
| November | 20 °C 68 °F | 8 | 8 | 17 of 30 |
| December | 24 °C 74 °F | 11 | 10 | 14 of 31 |
| Year | 137 | 98 | 131 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h. Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month. This station doesn't report cloud cover reliably, so clear days aren’t counted here.
Year by year
- 2023 116 warm, dry days
- 2024 135 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit Auckland for good weather?
The best time to visit Auckland for warm, dry weather is February, March and November, with 17 to 20 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain) are most common in February (up to 8 a month, 16 a year). Counted from measured days at Auckland Aero Aws station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in Auckland?
On average 137 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was May (16 rain days), the driest February (7).
How warm does Auckland get?
The median daily high ranged from 15 °C (59 °F) in August to 25 °C (77 °F) in February.
Nearby
- Christchurch760 km125 days
- Queenstown1040 km101 days
- Suva2110 km, Fiji182 days
- Sydney2160 km, Australia206 days
Where is the best climate in New Zealand?
Open Auckland on the map Set your own temperature, rain and wind limits.
Source: Auckland Aero Aws weather station (93110099999), 17 km from the centre of Auckland, 7 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 87% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.