Climate Auckland International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Auckland International Airport (NZAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.0	89	67	95	94	89
February	88.1	92	81	79	93	96
March	91.9	90	91	93	94	95
April	89.5		80	91	92	96
May	89.1		76	92	94	86
June	87.0		86	84	85	84
July	88.5		87	79	94	94
August	86.8		95	80	87	89
September	87.7		75	85	86	96
October	83.3		81	87	78	86
November	86.9		85	83	89	85
December	84.0		76	73	84	91
Average	87.6	90.3	81.0	85.3	89.1	90.5

1st best VFR conditions of New Zealand

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.4	99	94	100	100	100
February	97.1	99	96	96	96	100
March	99.4	100	99	100	100	99
April	98.1		98	100	99	100
May	98.0		95	100	100	95
June	98.0		98	96	98	97
July	97.8		99	96	97	100
August	98.5		100	97	100	98
September	98.5		98	97	98	100
October	98.0		99	95	97	99
November	98.2		98	97	98	98
December	97.7		96	94	97	100
Average	98.3	99.4	97.3	97.2	98.1	98.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.1	25	23	26	24	23
February	24.4	24	23	26	25	25
March	22.7	21	22	24	23	22
April	20.5		21	22	21	20
May	18.0		19	19	18	18
June	15.7		16	16	17	16
July	15.1		15	16	15	15
August	15.4		15	16	16	16
September	16.5		17	17	17	16
October	18.1		19	18	18	19
November	20.5		20	21	22	21
December	22.7		23	22	24	22
Average	20.0	23.5	19.2	20.1	19.7	19.4

1st highest temperature of New Zealand

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.3	18	18	17	17	17
February	17.1	16	17	19	16	17
March	15.6	14	14	16	15	15
April	13.8		15	14	14	13
May	11.5		13	12	11	11
June	9.6		9	11	11	10
July	9.1		10	11	9	9
August	9.2		8	10	9	9
September	10.5		12	11	10	10
October	12.4		13	12	13	13
November	13.9		13	14	15	14
December	16.4		17	16	18	15
Average	13.4	16.1	13.0	13.4	13.1	12.8

3rd lowest temperature of New Zealand

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.3	6	23	5	18	4
February	12.9	5	17	11	8	3
March	13.5	11	3	11	19	11
April	18.5		14	11	17	17
May	19.9		15	14	23	27
June	28.1		19	30	22	34
July	31.0		18	38	24	32
August	27.0		12	20	31	26
September	21.4		14	23	19	13
October	18.1		8	22	25	15
November	19.0		10	37	16	24
December	15.6		19	16	18	11
Average	18.0	6.8	14.3	19.5	19.6	17.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.7	11	13	12	12	14
February	11.6	12	13	12	11	12
March	10.8	12	11	11	10	11
April	11.0		13	11	11	11
May	10.2		13	10	10	10
June	9.6		10	10	10	11
July	10.9		14	11	10	12
August	11.3		10	10	12	12
September	13.0		14	11	13	14
October	12.8		14	12	13	12
November	11.8		12	12	11	13
December	12.5		12	11	12	14
Average	11.6	11.6	12.2	11.1	11.4	12.1

1st highest wind speed of New Zealand

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	256°	076°	231°	248°	234°
February	235°	216°	021°	024°	237°
March	233°	235°	070°	298°	247°
April		070°	199°	250°	248°
May		001°	266°	219°	139°
June		191°	294°	275°	045°
July		239°	303°	287°	254°
August		241°	346°	279°	291°
September		274°	331°	262°	259°
October		248°	257°	280°	342°
November		235°	285°	249°	248°
December		265°	189°	270°	245°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.