New Zealand`s climate?(Auckland area)?

Question

What is it like there? I am interseted in all, but the climate is the most important for me as in can`t stand the cold. Is it cold in New Zealand? What are the summers like?

Thanks

Answer 1

New Zealand's climate has its quirks. Since we don't know what your reference point is geographically, I can only offer you comparisons:

First of all, as has been mentioned, Auckland is NZ's warmest urban centre. Its climate is comparable to places like Naples in Italy, or San Francisco on the US west Coast (with which it happens to share many visual similarities, by the way - it's nice), or Bordeaux on the French west coast.

In real life terms, the climate is one which means you will be equally happy to own a raincoat, air conditioning in your car, and heating in your house for the odd evening.



The damp air makes for very pronounced perceptions of temperatures, the actual range of which is not large though - if you observe weather data over the year, you'll notice that Auckland "operates" around the 25-degree range in summer, and around the 15-degree range in winter. This is a perfect climate to grow veggies, and extremely mild by comparison.

Auckland summers are actually renowned for being fine and sunny, with the odd temperature high just above 30 Celsius, and usually below that mark. It's the winters that are rainy in Auckland.

Answer 2

OMG! I lived in NZ for about 5 years... and no offense, but I didn't really like it much there. It's ok, for people who haven't got sensitive skin, and doesn't like to go outside much. And YES, NZ IS COLD!!!!! Everyday is like below 20Celsius. It's sooooo windy and if you have sensitive skin, probably won't go there. But Auckland is ok. But a lot of smokers there, so... and it's a Capital of NZ. It's a good place to live there if you're just relaxing (like my grandpa) and if you are just having a visit. There's not much to do there, because it's called. But probably about 10% out of 100%, that's when really hot days come. Even summers aren't really hot! Only like 5-10 days are hot. So.... hope this helps!

Answer 3

New Zealand has a temperate climate. Because New Zealand lies in the Southern Hemisphere, the average temperature decreases as you travel south.

Auckland has a warm-temperate climate, with warm, humid summers and mild, damp winters. It is the warmest main centre of New Zealand and for the past 3 years has also been the sunniest.

According to wikipedia "The average daily maximum temperature is 23.7°C in February, and 14.5°C in July, the absolute maximum recorded temperature is 34.4°C, while the absolute minimum is -0.6"

Seasons:

Summer - December, January, February

Autumn - March, April, May

Winter - June, July, August

Spring - September, October, November

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland#Cl... for more information and to see a climate table.

Hope this helps. New Zealand is a great place to visit. If you do go then I hope you enjoy it.

Answer 4

You can kind of pick your climate in NZ.  The further north you go, the warmer it is year-round and the further south, the more dramatic the seasons.  I live in the Bay of Plenty and it is a bit like northern Calif. here.  The sun, in general, is very intense here, so when it's out, it feels quite warm.  The actual air temperature can, however, not be all that warm...like high 60's to low 70's with occasional forays into the upper 70's low 80's range.  It's pretty much like that in Auckland too.

Answer 5

New Zealand is not that cold. Because the humidity (wrong speling) is normaly 100%. So is very nice. And it is in summer so would be even nicer.

Good Luck.

Answer 6

Auckland has a warm-temperate climate, with warm, humid summers and mild, damp winters.

It is the warmest main center of New Zealand and for the past 3 years has also been the sunniest, with an average of 2170 sunshine hours per annum.

The average daily maximum temperature is 23.7°C in February, and 14.5°C in July, the absolute maximum recorded temperature is 34.4°C, while the absolute minimum is -0.6.

High levels of rainfall occur almost year-round with an average of 1240 mm per year spread over 137 'rain days'.

Climatic conditions vary in different parts of the city owing to geography such as hills, land cover and distance from the sea, hence unofficial Auckland temperature records exist, such as a maximum of 32.4°C in Henderson during February 1998.

On 27 July 1939 Auckland received its only snow fall in recorded history.

Answer 7

Like pretty much all of NZ, Auckland is cold in the winter. I found last winter particularly cold. It doesn't really get above 30 degrees (c) in summer but is quite humid, which makes it seem hotter.

I loved living in the Waikato, in a town called Cambridge, which is near Hamilton. It's still close to Auckland too.

I think the best advice would be for you to spend a long holiday there. I get cold quite easily so what seems cold to me could be fine for you.

Enjoy NZ, it's the best.