Best time to visit Wellington

February is the best month in Wellington, scoring 84 out of 100, with July the weakest at 48. The 36-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. The good window runs January to March — 3 months within ten points of the best.

February is the warmest month at 19.5 °C and July the coolest at 11.5 °C — a 8 °C spread across the year. It never reaches 30 °C in an average year, which takes heat off the list of reasons to avoid any particular month.

There is a real wet season here. June, July, August and October carry the rain — up to 14 wet days in a month — while January to March drop as low as 7. That 7-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Wellington, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea peaks at just 16.8 °C, which is wetsuit territory even at its warmest — a coast to look at rather than swim in. Daylight runs from 9.2 hours in winter to 15.1 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are February, January, March. The one to think twice about is July. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight, sea temperature and crowd levels.

Wellington month by month