Massey East weather in August

In August, Massey East sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 114 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Massey East's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Massey East's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 114 mm; 15.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 8:08 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical August day in Massey East reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	11
2	14	11
3	14	11
4	14	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	11
16	14	11
17	14	11
18	14	11
19	14	11
20	14	11
21	14	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	14	11
31	14	11

Massey East weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 18°	69	8.2	14.2	6.7
Feb	22° / 18°	58	7.7	13.4	6.8
Mar	21° / 17°	67	7.9	12.3	6.7
Apr	19° / 15°	77	9.7	11.1	6.1
May	17° / 14°	105	11.9	10.1	5.2
Jun	15° / 12°	113	13	9.5	4.1
Jul	14° / 11°	126	14.7	9.7	3.6
Aug	14° / 11°	114	15.3	10.6	3.6
Sep	15° / 12°	97	13.7	11.8	4.0
Oct	16° / 13°	81	12	13	4.7
Nov	17° / 14°	74	10.9	14	5.4
Dec	19° / 16°	91	10.4	14.5	6.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	57	57	57	55	55	54	54	52
Cloudier (%)	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	43	43	43	45	45	46	46	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Massey East gets around 114 mm of rain over 15.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 49% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	42	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	51
6	51
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	51
18	51
19	50
20	49
21	48
22	48
23	47
24	46
25	45
26	44
27	43
28	42
29	42
30	41
31	41

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	96	4

Wind in August

Winds average 21 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	20	breezy
2	20	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	22	breezy
13	22	breezy
14	22	breezy
15	22	breezy
16	22	breezy
17	22	breezy
18	22	breezy
19	22	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	20	breezy
29	20	breezy
30	20	breezy
31	20	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:25 AM to 7:47 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:56 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:47
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	8:25	6:30
2	10.1	8:24	6:31
3	10.2	8:23	6:32
4	10.2	8:22	6:33
5	10.2	8:21	6:34
6	10.2	8:20	6:35
7	10.3	8:19	6:35
8	10.3	8:18	6:36
9	10.3	8:17	6:37
10	10.4	8:15	6:38
11	10.4	8:14	6:39
12	10.4	8:13	6:40
13	10.5	8:12	6:40
14	10.5	8:11	6:41
15	10.5	8:09	6:42
16	10.6	8:08	6:43
17	10.6	8:07	6:44
18	10.7	8:06	6:45
19	10.7	8:04	6:46
20	10.7	8:03	6:46
21	10.8	8:02	6:47
22	10.8	8:00	6:48
23	10.8	7:59	6:49
24	10.9	7:58	6:50
25	10.9	7:56	6:51
26	10.9	7:55	6:51
27	11.0	7:53	6:52
28	11.0	7:52	6:53
29	11.1	7:50	6:54
30	11.1	7:49	6:55
31	11.1	7:47	6:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Massey East

In seasonPeak

None of Massey East's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Massey East sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Massey East?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Massey East.

What to pack for Massey East in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Massey East sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Massey East in August

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 22 km away) is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 18 to Mar 15 — about 1.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	21	20	19	17	16	15	14	14	15	17	19
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Refreshing
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	15	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Massey East in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Massey East peaks around January 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	8	5	3	2	3	4	5	8	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Massey East?

Massey East sits at 36.8°S, 174.6°E, 46 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Massey, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Massey East

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Massey East.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Massey East has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 435 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 874 m.

The land around Massey East is covered by trees (31%), artificial surfaces (30%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (57%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

112 m

trees 31%

16 km

435 m

trees 49%

80 km

874 m

water 57%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves

← July Massey East year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Massey 1.0 km · Te Atatu Peninsula 3.0 km · Lincoln 3.0 km · Te Atatu South 5.0 km · Henderson 6.0 km · Avondale 9.0 km · New Lynn 11 km · North Shore 12 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Massey East (-36.8282°, 174.6202°, elevation 46 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	11
2	14	11
3	14	11
4	14	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	11
16	14	11
17	14	11
18	14	11
19	14	11
20	14	11
21	14	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	14	11
31	14	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	51
6	51
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	51
18	51
19	50
20	49
21	48
22	48
23	47
24	46
25	45
26	44
27	43
28	42
29	42
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	11
2	14	11
3	14	11
4	14	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	11
16	14	11
17	14	11
18	14	11
19	14	11
20	14	11
21	14	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	14	11
31	14	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	51
6	51
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	51
18	51
19	50
20	49
21	48
22	48
23	47
24	46
25	45
26	44
27	43
28	42
29	42
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	11
2	14	11
3	14	11
4	14	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	11
16	14	11
17	14	11
18	14	11
19	14	11
20	14	11
21	14	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	14	11
31	14	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	51
6	51
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	51
18	51
19	50
20	49
21	48
22	48
23	47
24	46
25	45
26	44
27	43
28	42
29	42
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	96	4