Tauranga weather in February

In February, Tauranga sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 94 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Tauranga's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tauranga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 94 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 6:47 AM – 8:13 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Tauranga is city in New Zealand's North Island.

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 12.2 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 958/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1882

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 22°C through the month.

A typical February day in Tauranga reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Tauranga weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 16°	85	9.5	14.3	6.8
Feb	22° / 16°	94	8.4	13.5	6.8
Mar	21° / 15°	96	9.2	12.3	6.7
Apr	19° / 13°	117	9.6	11.1	6.1
May	16° / 11°	113	9.9	10	5.2
Jun	14° / 9°	129	10.7	9.4	4.1
Jul	13° / 8°	134	11.6	9.7	3.6
Aug	14° / 8°	117	12.5	10.5	3.8
Sep	15° / 9°	112	12	11.7	4.4
Oct	17° / 10°	97	12.2	13	5.1
Nov	19° / 12°	89	10.4	14	5.8
Dec	21° / 14°	112	11.9	14.6	6.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 51%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Tauranga gets around 94 mm of rain over 8.4 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 31% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	30
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	30

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 9% of them.

	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 (%)	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	30	31
Comfortable (%)	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38
Humid (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	25
Muggy (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	29	33	29	9
2	28	33	29	9
3	28	33	29	9
4	28	34	29	9
5	27	34	29	9
6	27	35	29	9
7	26	35	29	9
8	26	36	29	9
9	25	36	30	9
10	24	36	30	9
11	24	36	30	9
12	23	36	31	10
13	22	37	31	10
14	22	37	31	10
15	21	37	31	10
16	21	37	31	10
17	21	37	31	10
18	22	38	30	10
19	22	38	30	10
20	23	38	29	10
21	24	38	29	9
22	24	38	29	9
23	25	38	28	8
24	26	38	28	8
25	27	38	27	8
26	28	38	27	7
27	30	38	26	7
28	31	38	25	6

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.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 8:26 PM to 7:57 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)	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00
Sunset (PM)	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.9	6:31	8:26
2	13.9	6:32	8:26
3	13.9	6:33	8:25
4	13.8	6:35	8:24
5	13.8	6:36	8:23
6	13.8	6:37	8:22
7	13.7	6:38	8:21
8	13.7	6:39	8:20
9	13.7	6:40	8:20
10	13.6	6:41	8:19
11	13.6	6:42	8:18
12	13.6	6:43	8:17
13	13.5	6:44	8:15
14	13.5	6:45	8:14
15	13.4	6:47	8:13
16	13.4	6:48	8:12
17	13.4	6:49	8:11
18	13.3	6:50	8:10
19	13.3	6:51	8:09
20	13.3	6:52	8:08
21	13.2	6:53	8:06
22	13.2	6:54	8:05
23	13.1	6:55	8:04
24	13.1	6:56	8:03
25	13.1	6:57	8:01
26	13.0	6:58	8:00
27	13.0	6:59	7:59
28	13.0	7:00	7:57

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in January across the year — February's 5.78 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	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
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	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Tauranga

In seasonPeak

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

Tauranga 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 Tauranga?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Tauranga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tauranga in February

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

In February, Tauranga sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tauranga 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 offshore is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 22 to Mar 26 — about 2.1 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	18	16	15	15	15	15	16	18
Comfort	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Cool
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	15	Cool
Aug	15	Bracing
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Tauranga 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 Tauranga peaks around January 1 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	8	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	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	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tauranga?

Tauranga sits at 37.7°S, 176.2°E, 18 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Rotorua, 51 km away.

Topography around Tauranga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tauranga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 595 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,130 m.

The land around Tauranga is covered by water (43%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, water (41%), trees (26%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and water (35%), grassland (34%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

57 m

water 43%

16 km

595 m

water 41%

80 km

1,130 m

water 35%

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

February weather nearby: Rotorua 51 km · Cambridge 67 km · Hamilton East 78 km · Whakatane 78 km · Hamilton 78 km · Taupo 111 km · Pukekohe East 120 km · Papakura 128 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 Tauranga (-37.6861°, 176.1667°, elevation 18 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	23	16
2	23	16
3	23	16
4	23	16
5	23	16
6	23	16
7	23	16
8	23	16
9	23	16
10	23	16
11	23	16
12	23	16
13	22	16
14	22	16
15	22	16
16	22	16
17	22	16
18	22	16
19	22	16
20	22	16
21	22	16
22	22	16
23	22	16
24	22	16
25	22	16
26	22	16
27	22	16
28	22	16

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	30
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	29	33	29	9
2	28	33	29	9
3	28	33	29	9
4	28	34	29	9
5	27	34	29	9
6	27	35	29	9
7	26	35	29	9
8	26	36	29	9
9	25	36	30	9
10	24	36	30	9
11	24	36	30	9
12	23	36	31	10
13	22	37	31	10
14	22	37	31	10
15	21	37	31	10
16	21	37	31	10
17	21	37	31	10
18	22	38	30	10
19	22	38	30	10
20	23	38	29	10
21	24	38	29	9
22	24	38	29	9
23	25	38	28	8
24	26	38	28	8
25	27	38	27	8
26	28	38	27	7
27	30	38	26	7
28	31	38	25	6

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	30
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	29	33	29	9
2	28	33	29	9
3	28	33	29	9
4	28	34	29	9
5	27	34	29	9
6	27	35	29	9
7	26	35	29	9
8	26	36	29	9
9	25	36	30	9
10	24	36	30	9
11	24	36	30	9
12	23	36	31	10
13	22	37	31	10
14	22	37	31	10
15	21	37	31	10
16	21	37	31	10
17	21	37	31	10
18	22	38	30	10
19	22	38	30	10
20	23	38	29	10
21	24	38	29	9
22	24	38	29	9
23	25	38	28	8
24	26	38	28	8
25	27	38	27	8
26	28	38	27	7
27	30	38	26	7
28	31	38	25	6

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	30
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	29	33	29	9
2	28	33	29	9
3	28	33	29	9
4	28	34	29	9
5	27	34	29	9
6	27	35	29	9
7	26	35	29	9
8	26	36	29	9
9	25	36	30	9
10	24	36	30	9
11	24	36	30	9
12	23	36	31	10
13	22	37	31	10
14	22	37	31	10
15	21	37	31	10
16	21	37	31	10
17	21	37	31	10
18	22	38	30	10
19	22	38	30	10
20	23	38	29	10
21	24	38	29	9
22	24	38	29	9
23	25	38	28	8
24	26	38	28	8
25	27	38	27	8
26	28	38	27	7
27	30	38	26	7
28	31	38	25	6