Pukekohe East weather in February

In February, Pukekohe East sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 69 mm of rain across 8.6 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in February, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Pukekohe East's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pukekohe East's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
16°
12th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:52 AM – 8:17 PM
Cloud cover
66%
8th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Pukekohe East is locality in Auckland, New Zealand.

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical February day in Pukekohe East reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C warmer than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Pukekohe East weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 16°748.914.36.9
Feb24° / 16°698.613.46.9
Mar22° / 14°748.512.36.9
Apr20° / 12°879.311.16.3
May17° / 10°10211.2105.4
Jun15° / 10811.99.54.3
Jul14° / 12913.99.73.8
Aug15° / 11614.910.63.9
Sep16° / 11313.911.74.5
Oct17° / 11°9912.2135.2
Nov19° / 12°8811.4145.7
Dec21° / 14°10111.814.56.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33763
43763
53664
63664
73763
83763
93763
103763
113763
123763
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143763
153664
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193763
203763
213763
223763
233862
243862
253862
263961
274060
284159

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Pukekohe East gets around 69 mm of rain over 8.6 wet days in February, the driest month. 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 32% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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229
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529
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730
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Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the comfortable band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1293326110
2293426110
3283427111
4283427111
5283427101
6273527101
7273527101
826362791
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2125372891
2226382790
2326382790
2427382680
2528382680
2629382580
2731382470
2832372470

Wind in February

Winds average 13 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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2814light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 8:30 PM to 8:02 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.96:378:30
213.96:388:30
313.86:398:29
413.86:408:28
513.86:418:27
613.76:438:26
713.76:448:25
813.76:458:24
913.66:468:24
1013.66:478:23
1113.66:488:22
1213.56:498:21
1313.56:508:20
1413.56:518:19
1513.46:528:17
1613.46:538:16
1713.36:548:15
1813.36:558:14
1913.36:568:13
2013.26:578:12
2113.26:588:11
2213.26:598:09
2313.17:008:08
2413.17:028:07
2513.17:038:06
2613.07:048:04
2713.07:058:03
2812.97:068:02

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.88 kWh/m² in January across the year — February's 5.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.0Bright
75.9Bright
85.9Bright
95.8Bright
105.8Bright
115.7Bright
125.7Bright
135.6Bright
145.6Bright
155.5Bright
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225.4Bright
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255.3Bright
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275.3Bright
285.2Bright
Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Pukekohe East

In seasonPeak

In February, Pukekohe East sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Pukekohe 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 February a good time to visit Pukekohe East?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Pukekohe East for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pukekohe East in February

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

In February, Pukekohe East sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Pukekohe East in February

The nearest coast averages about 21°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 30 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.

15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar20Refreshing
Apr19Cool
May17Cool
Jun16Cool
Jul14Bracing
Aug14Bracing
Sep14Bracing
Oct15Cool
Nov17Cool
Dec19Cool

UV index in Pukekohe East 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 Pukekohe East peaks around January 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateModerateVery highExtremeJan 12UV 12Jun 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar8Very high
Apr5High
May3Moderate
Jun2Low
Jul3Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct8Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pukekohe East?

Pukekohe East sits at 37.2°S, 174.9°E, 115 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Papakura, 15 km away.

Topography around Pukekohe East

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pukekohe East has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 965 m.

The land around Pukekohe East is covered by grassland (58%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and water (40%), grassland (32%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
157 m
16 km
371 m
80 km
965 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
February weather nearby: Papakura 15 km · Takanini 18 km · Manurewa 21 km · Manukau City 24 km · Papatoetoe 28 km · Mangere East 28 km · Otara 29 km · Mangere 29 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
no religion 49%Christian 37%objected to answering 7%Hindu 3%

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 Pukekohe East (-37.2°, 174.95°, elevation 115 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).