Masterton weather in February

In February, Masterton sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 67 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of February to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Masterton's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Masterton's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 8.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 6:43 AM – 8:21 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 1st clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Masterton is town in Wellington Region, New Zealand.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11.7 µg/m³ · 2012
Founded: 1854

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical February day in Masterton reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C warmer than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Masterton weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 12°	68	10.4	14.6	6.2
Feb	20° / 13°	67	8.5	13.6	6.4
Mar	19° / 11°	67	8.8	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 9°	75	9.9	10.9	5.0
May	14° / 7°	62	10.5	9.7	4.0
Jun	12° / 5°	83	12.2	9.1	2.8
Jul	11° / 5°	91	13.1	9.4	2.4
Aug	11° / 5°	81	13.4	10.4	2.7
Sep	13° / 6°	81	12.9	11.7	3.3
Oct	14° / 8°	95	12.8	13.1	4.0
Nov	16° / 9°	85	12.1	14.3	4.7
Dec	18° / 11°	84	11.4	14.9	5.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in February, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

	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
Clearer (%)	45	45	45	46	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49
Cloudier (%)	55	55	55	54	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Masterton gets around 67 mm of rain over 8.5 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 55% 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
Dry (%)	55	55	55	55	54	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	58	59	60	62
Comfortable (%)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	34
Humid (%)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	32	13	0
2	55	32	13	0
3	55	32	13	0
4	55	32	13	0
5	54	32	13	1
6	55	32	12	1
7	55	32	12	1
8	55	32	12	1
9	54	33	12	1
10	54	33	12	1
11	54	33	12	1
12	54	33	12	1
13	53	34	12	1
14	53	35	11	1
15	53	35	11	1
16	52	36	11	1
17	53	36	10	1
18	53	36	10	1
19	54	37	9	0
20	54	37	9	0
21	55	37	8	0
22	55	37	8	0
23	56	37	7	0
24	57	37	6	0
25	58	36	6	0
26	59	36	5	0
27	60	35	5	0
28	62	34	4	0

Wind in February

Winds average 15 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
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25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of February to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 8:36 PM to 8:03 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
Daylight (h)	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:58	6:59
Sunset (PM)	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.2	6:26	8:36
2	14.1	6:27	8:35
3	14.1	6:28	8:34
4	14.1	6:30	8:33
5	14.0	6:31	8:32
6	14.0	6:32	8:31
7	13.9	6:33	8:30
8	13.9	6:35	8:29
9	13.9	6:36	8:28
10	13.8	6:37	8:27
11	13.8	6:38	8:26
12	13.7	6:39	8:24
13	13.7	6:41	8:23
14	13.7	6:42	8:22
15	13.6	6:43	8:21
16	13.6	6:44	8:20
17	13.5	6:46	8:18
18	13.5	6:47	8:17
19	13.5	6:48	8:16
20	13.4	6:49	8:14
21	13.4	6:50	8:13
22	13.3	6:52	8:12
23	13.3	6:53	8:10
24	13.2	6:54	8:09
25	13.2	6:55	8:07
26	13.2	6:56	8:06
27	13.1	6:58	8:04
28	13.1	6:59	8:03

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.99 kWh/m² in January across the year — February's 5.76 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Masterton?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Masterton for sightseeing.

What to pack for Masterton in February

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

In February, Masterton sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Masterton in February

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 43 km away) is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	15	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Masterton in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Masterton peaks around January 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	6	4	2	2	2	3	4	6	10	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Masterton?

Masterton sits at 41.0°S, 175.7°E, 103 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Levin, 49 km away.

Topography around Masterton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Masterton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 108 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 673 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,511 m.

The land around Masterton is covered by grassland (51%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, grassland (78%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), water (35%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

70 m

grassland 51%

16 km

673 m

grassland 78%

80 km

1,511 m

grassland 38%

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← January Masterton year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Levin 49 km · Paraparaumu 54 km · Upper Hutt 55 km · Palmerston North 67 km · Lower Hutt 68 km · Wainuiomata 68 km · Porirua 70 km · Wellington 82 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 Masterton (-40.9597°, 175.6575°, elevation 103 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. 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	20	13
2	20	13
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	20	13
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	20	13
10	20	13
11	20	13
12	20	13
13	20	13
14	20	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	12
21	20	12
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	32	13	0
2	55	32	13	0
3	55	32	13	0
4	55	32	13	0
5	54	32	13	1
6	55	32	12	1
7	55	32	12	1
8	55	32	12	1
9	54	33	12	1
10	54	33	12	1
11	54	33	12	1
12	54	33	12	1
13	53	34	12	1
14	53	35	11	1
15	53	35	11	1
16	52	36	11	1
17	53	36	10	1
18	53	36	10	1
19	54	37	9	0
20	54	37	9	0
21	55	37	8	0
22	55	37	8	0
23	56	37	7	0
24	57	37	6	0
25	58	36	6	0
26	59	36	5	0
27	60	35	5	0
28	62	34	4	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	32	13	0
2	55	32	13	0
3	55	32	13	0
4	55	32	13	0
5	54	32	13	1
6	55	32	12	1
7	55	32	12	1
8	55	32	12	1
9	54	33	12	1
10	54	33	12	1
11	54	33	12	1
12	54	33	12	1
13	53	34	12	1
14	53	35	11	1
15	53	35	11	1
16	52	36	11	1
17	53	36	10	1
18	53	36	10	1
19	54	37	9	0
20	54	37	9	0
21	55	37	8	0
22	55	37	8	0
23	56	37	7	0
24	57	37	6	0
25	58	36	6	0
26	59	36	5	0
27	60	35	5	0
28	62	34	4	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	32	13	0
2	55	32	13	0
3	55	32	13	0
4	55	32	13	0
5	54	32	13	1
6	55	32	12	1
7	55	32	12	1
8	55	32	12	1
9	54	33	12	1
10	54	33	12	1
11	54	33	12	1
12	54	33	12	1
13	53	34	12	1
14	53	35	11	1
15	53	35	11	1
16	52	36	11	1
17	53	36	10	1
18	53	36	10	1
19	54	37	9	0
20	54	37	9	0
21	55	37	8	0
22	55	37	8	0
23	56	37	7	0
24	57	37	6	0
25	58	36	6	0
26	59	36	5	0
27	60	35	5	0
28	62	34	4	0