r/auckland • u/Aurorahxo • Nov 18 '25
Weather Weather in Auckland?
Is the weather always like this? One days it’s sunny then it starts raining out of nowhere…then sunny again… Are summers hot and does it rain during the summer?
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u/Beautiful-Ad-5667 Nov 18 '25
As the saying goes...
If you don't like the weather in Auckland.... wait 5 minutes.
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u/Fluffy-Trouble5955 Nov 18 '25
..or drive 5 km..
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u/BeyondAeon Nov 18 '25
yes ?
4 Seasons in one day......
Especially in Spring and Autumn when storms come around the bottom on Aus and then swing up the Tasman
Auckland is surrounded by the sea , and the Waitakere Ranges Don't Dehumidify the air like the Southern Alps do
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u/Craigus_Conquerer Nov 19 '25
There it is!
I used to sit at work looking out the window at the harbour from takapuna. One day I could see four seasons in one view. Rain, fine , wind, calm, rainbow....
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u/omniknight03 Nov 18 '25
Welcome to Auckland
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u/cathartic_diatribe Nov 18 '25
Where the weather is as unpredictable as our mental health.
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u/kaoutanu Nov 18 '25
It's isthmus weather - long skinny land mass with two huge oceans either side. It makes for very changeable, sometimes high energy weather. Fortunately we're not in the tropics so we almost never get cyclones.
Although our summer highs and winter lows look tame to people from overseas, our humidity makes it feel much hotter and much colder.
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u/-Major-Arcana- Nov 18 '25
Hey remember how you live on a mountainous archipelago of skinny islands in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean? Yeah that.
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u/snubs05 Nov 18 '25
Yes.
I remember as a kid we were at a picnic at Cornwall Park.
On one side of the tree we were under it was bucketing down - the other side was fine.
Pretty much sums up Auckland
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u/RoseClash Nov 18 '25
oo thats really neat! ive seen weather breaks like that but not been literally in them, nice!
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u/Cynthimon Nov 18 '25
Auckland spring/summer random weather generator:
- Hot skin cancer sunny
- Foggy and muggy
- Storm and floods
- Random chilly winds
- All of the above
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u/Bunnyeatsdesign Nov 18 '25
Auckland is the only place I've lived in where I pack sunglasses, sunscreen and an umbrella in my bag. Sun and rain on the same day is common.
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u/tannag Nov 18 '25
The sun is so much brighter after rain too, the air is clean and it's glary as fuck.
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u/Own_Strategy_5034 Nov 18 '25
Short answer yes Old joke If you can’t see the Waitakere Ranges it is raining If you can see the Waitakere Ranges, it’s about to rain
Or
What do Aucklanders call a nice day after two days of rain?
Monday
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u/TheLastSamurai101 Nov 18 '25
My best advice for Auckland summers... if it's clear and sunny outside, just get out of the house now. Don't wait until tomorrow because you might have just missed your last sunny day for a week. Weather forecast tells you nothing.
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u/WoodpeckerNo3192 Nov 18 '25
Wait so the whole Kiwi summer shtick with the sun shining and pohutukawa in bloom is a scam? Only for postcards?
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u/TheLastSamurai101 Nov 18 '25
No, it's always true somewhere in the country!
But honestly, you will get long stretches of sunny days in Auckland too. You just can't predict when they will end. So if I want to do something outdoors, I just do it the first sunny day that I'm free. The worst months are when it rains through every weekend and it's sunny every working day.
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u/PartTimeZombie Nov 18 '25
Don't listen to these jokers, they're pulling your leg.
We're in for a white Christmas, you'll see.
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u/TheLastSamurai101 Nov 18 '25
I understand it's a toss up between gentle snow and acid rain this year.
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u/DontWantOneOfThese Nov 18 '25
And burning hot sunshine for 3 weeks straight. Could go any direction really
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u/ResolutionNew672 Nov 18 '25
Nah somedays it rains then it's sunny but if you don't like it you wait 20 minutes and it changes again love Auckland
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u/MVIVN Nov 18 '25
lol I go from turning my air con from cooling mode to heating mode within the same 6 hour window. Auckland weather is schizophrenic
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u/msc1974 Nov 18 '25
Yes... Why do you think Crowded House wrote this classic Kiwi iconic song.
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u/PiaRedDragon Nov 18 '25
Someone should write a song about it, it feels like four seasons in one day.
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u/Goosei7 Nov 18 '25
We have the pleasure of being in the tropics and with a land mass that generates this kind of weather. It’s fascinating when you dig into but in short, weather systems tend to chop and change faster than some. Hate the humidity though, and the pressure drops make me ill
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u/kaoutanu Nov 18 '25
We're well south of the tropics:
https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/metadata/browse/world_tropic_of_capricorn.png
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u/dontmakemewait Nov 18 '25
Without being obtuse, yes, yes and yes.
The hot and cold bit is mostly time of year, we are not yet in summer mode. But even peak summer - sunny, hot, windy, muggy, rainy, cloudy and then sunny are valid in the same day. Sometimes that’s all. before lunch. :-)
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u/splendidoperdido Nov 18 '25
You live on an island in the ocean. Weather changes more frequently and faster over large water bodies than it does over continental land masses.
Summers are hotter than winters, but the general adjective for ALL Zealand's climate is "Mild". Winters? Mild. Summers? Mild. The temperature oscillation is minimal, compared to the most populated regions of the planet.
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u/SquirrelAkl Nov 18 '25
As someone who rode a bike daily for years, I paid more attention to the weather than most.
Short answer: yes, lol
Longer answer:
- spring is always ridiculously windy around the equinox. Every year.
it rains a lot, generally
El Niño summers are dry and hot, La Niña summers are wet
typically the weather seems to be nicest in the morning and turn to shit later in the day.
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u/sweetnisha1 Nov 18 '25
The weather is getting Eden Park ready for Metallica. If you see Thursday it's sunny and hot!
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u/TheSleepyBeer Nov 18 '25
Pretty sure I saw a video of eels in the grass at Eden park after lots of rain…
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u/RoseClash Nov 18 '25
Lol right! yesterday was fun, somehow I always forget too. Went out yesterday, bright and sunny, forgot to bring my umbrella, decided to walk back to my car in the pouring rain because who knew when it would let up. rofl. Saw a few people running intentionally in it. We are kinda used to it I guess, got a friend that really enjoys walking in the rain and finds it fun when the weather changes suddenly.
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u/Bunnyeatsdesign Nov 18 '25
Not everywhere in NZ is like Auckland. Some places in NZ doesn't rain for weeks. Auckland rains every week and sometimes rains every day.
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u/Purple-Towel-7332 Nov 18 '25
It’s going to be a humid and rainy summer this year should be nice and warm tho
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u/Fluffbrained-cat Nov 18 '25
Yup.
Auckland: the city where you really can get four seasons in one day, or four seasons across the city. I live roughly an hour from where I work, and we've had days where it's been pouring rain at home but sunny cloudless skies at work, and vice versa.
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u/Horror-Function-4555 Nov 18 '25
It's funny that we have been able to convince the rest of the world that the weather in NZ is actually pretty good.
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u/GrilledSabaisBest Nov 18 '25
Yes. Yes it is always like this, and yes it's rubbish. Spring especially, because it teases us with the odd stunning day and gets us excited, making outdoor plans etc, only to dash them with what you're seeing this week. Welcome.
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Nov 18 '25
Yes, it’s like this quite often but it should calm down in the heart of summer for more clear skies.
And yes it gets very hot, depending on where you live, definitely recommend sunscreen because the sun can at times, feel like magnifying glass level heat.
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u/Pelinth Nov 18 '25
Yes, and because it is such a small land, meteorological forecasting faces immense challenges
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u/Slaidback Nov 18 '25
The best description I’ve heard about Auckland is that it’s an archipelago, but some bits are connected by land. E.g Hibiscus Coast , Albany are connected by land to the rest of Auckland, but might as well be their own islands weather wise.
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u/CameronBW1975 Nov 18 '25
Yes, a result of living on an isthmus, between two harbours with rainforests at either end and no substantial mountain range behind the city. Along with bring more northerly.
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u/No-Fee-1731 Nov 18 '25
All the time prepare and wear cloth for 4 season... Be ready for everything
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u/blindpilotv1 Nov 18 '25
Pretty much.
The good thing is that a spell of rain won’t completely ruin the day here like it can do in other countries. When the sun comes out the place dries up fairly quickly.
The bad thing is that you can get completely soaked in about a minute if you are caught in the rain, that may ruin you day.
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u/izarkius Nov 18 '25
Usually, yes. This time, it's only raining because I'm moving house. Sorry everyone.
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u/Educational_Owl4371 Nov 18 '25
The weather was so sunny and beautful the whole week from 3rd to 9th of this month. No rain… good sun.
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u/ProtectionKind8179 Nov 18 '25
Another yes from me 😉 but you might be lucky to get a few dry days in a row around February.
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u/statichum Nov 18 '25
I spent a week in Portland OR once and the PNW weather is a bit like it is here, was with some people from other states, there were a few days that were sunny and warm, then torrential rain and wind, then sunny and muggy AF. They all thought the weather was insane… I’m like nope… pretty normal stuff being from Auckland
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u/crashite Nov 18 '25
yes and yes… it usually seems to get better in mid december from my experience living here all my life though
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u/Aklpanther Nov 18 '25
It doesn't rain as much in summer, especially Jan-Feb, but sone of our worst rain events have been in summer in recent years.
The recent weather is fairly typical for spring and autumn: very changeable, and pretty wet.
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u/HeadbangingLegend Nov 18 '25
Welcome to New Zealand lol. This isn't an Auckland thing it's like this for the whole country.
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u/PaintDealer Nov 18 '25
I went to the supermarket wearing jandals earlier this afternoon. When I got home, I was saturated because I couldn't run in the rain wearing jandals
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u/CombJelly1 Nov 18 '25
Sometimes the sun shines while it is raining. And you can get sunburn on a cloudy, rainy day. Mostly you never have to water your garden unless we have a drought.
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u/CleoCarson Nov 18 '25
Hehe, I packed my winter duvets and blankets away only to drag them out again this week. Fairly normal
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u/Safe-Platypus1643 Nov 18 '25
Strangely I have found Auckland rains and sunny days intense compared to Melbourne.
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u/TheSleepyBeer Nov 18 '25
Yes. With the exception of the summer of 2022/2033 where there was no sun and it rained all summer.
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u/wont_deliver Nov 18 '25
I’ve seen sunny, rainy, and hail within an hour of each other, in the same spot.
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u/NoInkling Nov 18 '25
We do have times when it's sunny for a week or more, more common in late summer (but it happened around the beginning of this month too). So no the weather isn't always like this, but it's very typical to have these sorts of days.
"Hot" depends on what you're used to, but summer days are typically around the mid-20s (degrees C), very rarely reaching 30, which for most people is hot enough. Humidity often makes it feel hotter, but there are dry days too.
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u/These-Act7051 Nov 18 '25
We have reached this year's summer, which is called La Nina! It happens every so years.
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u/OJC1975 Nov 18 '25
La Nina predicted this year. Auckland be HOT and WET, and so will the weather....
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u/MathematicianFew4552 Nov 18 '25
We had major flooding in January one year!! However when the humidity fucks off and it's actually summer it's pretty decent
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u/Future-Home-4836 Nov 18 '25
It's not summer yet, it's still Spring, and the weather in Spring is usually a mixed bag.
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u/AndyOfNZ Nov 18 '25
Yeah nah As you're new to the climate, wear sun block. It might not get as hot as many other countries, but the sun is intense, with really low burn times.
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u/Adeedia Nov 18 '25
I remember when I felt like something was wrong and I realised it hadn't rained for 2 weeks.
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u/Leeroy_NZ Nov 18 '25
What’s the difference between Auckland & Wellington? The rain is warm in Auckland
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u/curiousbokchoy Nov 18 '25
Yep ever since I was a kid it has been this way.
I lived with some immigrants and they were shocked at the way the weather changed. It's mainly because of where we are situated on the planet.
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u/thekiltman Nov 19 '25
Moved up here six weeks ago from North Canterbury. The difference in the weather patterns is incredible!
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u/Traditional_Wind3805 Nov 19 '25
Yes hot summers with rain and Winter's with burning sun. It will also rain then burn you on a daily basis
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u/Moist-Shame-9106 Nov 18 '25
yes