Best time to visit Auckland
Our pick for sun: February.
The best months
- SunFebruary
- CityJanuary to March
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Good, 77/100 | Ideal, 82/100 | Good, 76/100 | Good, 61/100 | Best avoided, 34/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 33/100 | Fair, 53/100 | Good, 65/100 |
| City | Ideal, 80/100 | Ideal, 83/100 | Ideal, 83/100 | Good, 77/100 | Good, 75/100 | Good, 65/100 | Fair, 57/100 | Fair, 55/100 | Good, 61/100 | Good, 71/100 | Good, 74/100 | Good, 74/100 |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Sea | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°C | 17°C | 20°C | 70 mm |
| February | 24°C | 17°C | 21°C | 69 mm |
| March | 22°C | 16°C | 21°C | 72 mm |
| April | 20°C | 14°C | 19°C | 83 mm |
| May | 17°C | 12°C | 18°C | 97 mm |
| June | 15°C | 10°C | 16°C | 105 mm |
| July | 14°C | 9°C | 14°C | 118 mm |
| August | 15°C | 9°C | 14°C | 103 mm |
| September | 16°C | 10°C | 14°C | 92 mm |
| October | 17°C | 12°C | 15°C | 82 mm |
| November | 19°C | 13°C | 17°C | 77 mm |
| December | 21°C | 15°C | 19°C | 93 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 17 h 35 min
- From YYZ : about 17 h
- From YVR : about 14 h
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
- NOAA OISST v2.1
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).