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Auckland in December

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Auckland is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 39 minutes.December in Auckland is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 39 minutes.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
14h 39mon average

Is December a good time to visit Auckland?

A good month, just outside Auckland's best months, which run from January to April.

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in December, against 60°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in December, against 16°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in December, against 34% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

14h 39m in December, against 9h 41m to 14h 39m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November68°20°low 56°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December72°22°low 60°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January75°24°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Auckland sits, in December

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:56 AMsets 8:36 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.