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Auckland in August

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Auckland is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 58 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Auckland is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 58 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
10h 47mon average

Is August a good time to visit Auckland?

August sits outside Auckland's best months, which run from January to April. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 61°F in August, against 60°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in August, against 16°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in August, against 34% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in August, against 40% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

10h 47m in August, against 9h 41m to 14h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July60°16°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August61°16°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September63°17°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Auckland sits, in August

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:06 AMsets 5:46 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Taupō234 km south-east

The land around Auckland, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in New Zealand in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Auckland

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Auckland. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.