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Auckland in May

Mild and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Auckland is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Auckland is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
10h 11mon average

Is May 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 66°F in May, against 60°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in May, against 16°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in May, against 34% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

10h 11m in May, against 9h 41m to 14h 39m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April70°21°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May66°19°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June62°17°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Auckland sits, in May

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
7:11 AMsets 5:23 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.