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Photo by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Wellington in January
sweet spot busy · one of the best months to go · the warmest month of the year, the driest month of the year, the sunniest month of the year
The year in Wellington
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- JanJWellington in January: sweet spot, busy
- FebFWellington in February: sweet spot, busy
- MarMWellington in March: sweet spot
- AprAWellington in April: sweet spot
- MayMWellington in May: ok
- JunJWellington in June: ok
- JulJWellington in July: ok
- AugAWellington in August: ok
- SepSWellington in September: sweet spot
- OctOWellington in October: sweet spot
- NovNWellington in November: sweet spot, busy
- DecDWellington in December: ok, busy
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- OK
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- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 20°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 15°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 19°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 6 · 49 mm |
| Humidity | 78% |
| Sunshine | 11.9 h/day |
| Daylight | 14.8 h/day |
| Crowds | 45 / 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 the waterfront: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in January
- New Year's Day 1 Jan 2027
- Day after New Year's Day 2 Jan 2027
- Day after New Year's Day (observed) 4 Jan 2027
- New Year's Day (observed) 3 Jan 2028
Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.
Wellington in pictures
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Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- A packable rain jacket for the 6 or so rainy days.
- Sun protection: about 12 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 78%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
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On arrival in Wellington: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
January elsewhere
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