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Wellington in January

Mild and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Wellington is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Wellington is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 26% of days
Daylight
14h 47mon average

Is January a good time to visit Wellington?

Yes. January is one of Wellington's best months (January to March).

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 68°F in January, against 56°F to 69°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in January, against 13°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

26% of days in January, against 24% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in January, against 43% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

14h 47m in January, against 9h 15m to 15h 06m 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. December66°19°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January68°20°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February69°21°low 60°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Wellington sits, in January

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:04 AMsets 8:55 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Te Awanga262 km north-east

The land around Wellington, 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 Wellington

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km west of Wellington. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (55 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (55 m). 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.