Mahurangi Sunshine Hours by Month

Sunshine is key to understanding how a place experiences its seasons. This page shows the total number of hours of direct sunlight per month and the average hours per day in Mahurangi, Auckland Region, New Zealand. These values are calculated using 30 years of data (1990–2020) to ensure accuracy.

Monthly hours of sunshine

Sunshine in Mahurangi varies greatly throughout the year. The sunniest month, January, reaches an impressive 230 hours, while June, the darkest month, offers only 117 hours. The total annual amount of sun is 2025 hours.

Daily hours of sunshine

This means the city can be enjoyed more throughout the sunniest month of January under a blue sky, with approximately 7.7 hours of sunshine daily. In contrast, the city experiences much darker days in June, with only 3.9 hours of sunlight per day.

Average percent of sunshine

On average the sun shines 59% of the time during the day in February, the highest percentage of any month. June has the lowest percentage at 43%.

Mahurangi enjoys an average of 2025 hours of sunshine annually. Let’s compare this with some popular tourist destinations:

In Lisbon, Portugal, there are approximately 2801 hours of sunshine annually, highlighting its warm and sunny Mediterranean climate.

Manchester, UK, experiences just around 1420 hours of sunshine annually.

Meanwhile, Buenos Aires, Argentina, enjoys a humid subtropical climate with 2520 hours of sunshine annually.

In Brisbane, Australia, the annual sunshine averages 2999 hours, making it one of Australia’s sunniest cities.

July, Mahurangi’s wettest month, receives 81 mm (3.2 in) of rainfall and has a maximum daytime temperature of 16°C (61°F). During the driest month January you can expect a temperature of 24°C (75°F).

For more detailed insights into the city’s temperatures, check out our Temperature page. To explore more about precipitation patterns, visit our Mahurangi Precipitation page.