Stewart Island in February
sweet spot · the best month to go · the warmest month of the year
The year in Stewart Island
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- JanJStewart Island in January: ok, busy
- FebFStewart Island in February: sweet spot
- MarMStewart Island in March: sweet spot
- AprAStewart Island in April: ok
- MayMStewart Island in May: ok
- JunJStewart Island in June: avoid
- JulJStewart Island in July: avoid
- AugAStewart Island in August: ok
- SepSStewart Island in September: ok
- OctOStewart Island in October: ok
- NovNStewart Island in November: ok, busy
- DecDStewart Island in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 17°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 11°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 15°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 12 · 108 mm |
| Humidity | 77% |
| Sunshine | 9.5 h/day |
| Daylight | 14.1 h/day |
| Hiking | 17 of 28 days dry and 10–27 °C fair |
| Crowds | 76 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Oban, the island's only town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in February
Holidays crowd a place out; they count toward the crowd score above.
Stewart Island in pictures
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AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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AxonsArachnida, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Warm layers for the evenings, which drop to about 11°C.
- A packable rain jacket for the 12 or so rainy days.
- Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 77%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type I plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the New zealand dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for New Zealand: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Stewart Island: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
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