Towns and Cities weather
North Island
Valid until midnight on Friday, 30 January 2026:
Auckland
- High: 25
Some early morning cloud, otherwise fine. Southwesterlies, easing at night.
Gisborne
- High: 22
Cloudy periods with the chance of an evening shower. Southerlies, easing in the evening.
Hamilton
- High: 26
Fine. Westerlies developing for a time in the afternoon.
Hastings
- High: 22
Cloudy periods. Southwesterlies, turning easterly in the afternoon.
Kaitaia
- High: 26
Mainly fine, some early low cloud or fog possible, then the chance of a shower from afternoon. Southerlies, easing in the evening.
Levin
- High: 25
Some morning cloud, otherwise fine. Southwesterlies developing for a time in the afternoon.
Masterton
- High: 22
Mainly fine, some patchy morning cloud. Southwesterlies, turning easterly in the morning.
Napier
- High: 23
Cloudy periods. Southwesterlies, turning easterly in the afternoon.
New Plymouth
- High: 23
Mainly fine, some morning and evening cloud. Southwesterlies developing for a time in the afternoon and evening.
Palmerston North
- High: 23
Morning drizzle possible and some evening cloud, otherwise fine. Southeasterlies developing for a time in the morning and afternoon.
Paraparaumu
- High: 23
Some morning cloud, otherwise fine. Westerlies developing for a time in the afternoon.
Rotorua
- High: 24
Fine, the cloudy periods with the chance of a shower from evening. Southerlies, turning northeasterly in the morning.
Taumarunui
- High: 30
Mainly fine, some morning and evening cloud. Westerlies developing for a time in the afternoon and evening.
Taupō
- High: 25
Fine, but some evening cloud. Southwesterlies, easing before dawn.
Tauranga
- High: 24
Fine, then some cloud developing at night. Southwesterlies, easing in the morning.
Whanganui
- High: 26
Morning drizzle possible and some evening cloud, otherwise fine. Southwesterlies developing for a time in the afternoon.
Wellington
- High: 21
Fine, but the chance of an early shower. Southerlies, turning northerly in the evening.
Whangārei
- High: 25
Morning low cloud or fog possible, otherwise fine. Southerlies, easing in the evening.
South Island
Valid until midnight on Friday, 30 January 2026:
Alexandra
- High: 23
Fine. Southerlies developing late afternoon.
Blenheim
- High: 22
Fine. Easterlies developing in the afternoon.
Christchurch
- High: 18
Cloud clearing to fine in the afternoon, then returning at night. Northeasterlies developing in the morning.
Dunedin
- High: 19
Fine, then cloud increasing from late morning. Southwesterlies turning easterly in the afternoon.
Greymouth
- High: 20
Cloudy with the odd shower, clearing to fine early afternoon. Westerlies developing in the morning.
Invercargill
- High: 16
Cloudy periods, with the chance of a morning shower. Westerlies, picking up in the afternoon.
Kaikōura
- High: 19
Cloud clearing to fine towards afternoon, then returning at night. Southerlies before dawn, then northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.
Nelson
- High: 21
Fine. Northerlies in the afternoon and evening.
Oamaru
- High: 16
Mostly cloudy, with the chance of a shower. Northeasterlies developing in the morning.
Queenstown
- High: 23
Fine. Westerlies developing in the afternoon, turning southerly in the evening.
Timaru
- High: 18
Mostly cloudy, with the chance of a shower. Easterlies developing in the morning.
Wānaka
- High: 26
Fine. Northwesterlies developing in the afternoon.
Westport
- High: 21
Partly cloudy with the odd shower, clearing to fine in the afternoon. Southwesterlies.
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