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Auckland in January

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Auckland is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Auckland is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
14h 22mon average

Is January a good time to visit Auckland?

Yes. January is one of Auckland's best months (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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 75°F in January, against 60°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in January, against 16°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in January, against 34% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in January, against 40% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

14h 22m in January, against 9h 41m to 14h 39m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December72°22°low 60°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January75°24°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February77°25°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Auckland sits, in January

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:17 AMsets 8:42 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.