Wellington Climate & Temperature

• Wellington, New Zealand is at 41°16'S, 174°45'E, 127 m (417 ft). See map.
• Wellington has a marine west coast climate that is mild with no dry season, warm summers. Heavy precipitation occurs during mild winters which are dominated by mid-latitude cyclones. Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Cfb).
• According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Wellington is situated in or near the warm temperate thorn steppe biome.

• The annual mean temperature is 12.8 degrees Celsius (55 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
• Average monthly temperatures vary by 8.5 °C (15.3°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype barely hyperoceanic.
• In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 11.7°C (53°F) on average falling to 5.7°C (42.2°F) overnight.
• In spring time temperatures climb reaching 15°C (59°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 8.7°C (47.6°F).
• During summer average high temperatures are 19.7°C (67.4°F) and average low temperatures are 12.7°C (54.8°F).
• Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 16.7°C (62°F) during the day and lows of 10°C (50°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
• Total annual Precipitation averages 1264.6 mm (49.8 inches) which is equivalent to 1264.6 Litres/m² (31.02 Gallons/ft²).
• On average there are 2012 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
• Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Wellington you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Salamanca/ Matacan, Spain where you would find a Mediterranean climate (Cool temperate steppe biome).