Towns and Cities weather
North Island
Valid until midnight on Wednesday, 28 January 2026:
Auckland
- High: 25
Mainly fine, chance of a shower from afternoon. Light winds and sea breezes.
Gisborne
- High: 23
Cloudy periods with the odd shower, clearing to fine this afternoon. Southeasterlies dying out in the evening.
Hamilton
- High: 25
Mainly fine, the chance of a shower in the afternoon. Light winds, afternoon northeasterlies.
Hastings
- High: 23
Cloud and the odd shower clearing to fine in the afternoon. Northeasterlies, dying out evening.
Kaitaia
- High: 24
Cloudy periods. Light winds, daytime northeasterlies.
Levin
- High: 25
Fine, apart from evening cloud. Easterlies turning northwesterly in the afternoon.
Masterton
- High: 27
Fine. Light winds, afternoon northeasterlies.
Napier
- High: 23
Cloud and the odd shower clearing to fine in the afternoon. Northeasterlies, dying out evening.
New Plymouth
- High: 23
Fine, apart from evening cloud. Westerlies developing in the afternoon.
Palmerston North
- High: 25
Mainly fine, chance of an afternoon shower. Light winds.
Paraparaumu
- High: 22
Fine, apart from evening cloud. Northwesterlies developing in the afternoon.
Rotorua
- High: 23
Cloudy periods. Light winds, afternoon northeasterlies.
Taumarunui
- High: 27
Partly cloudy. A few showers in the afternoon and evening, possibly heavy. Light winds.
Taupō
- High: 24
Cloudy periods, with the chance of a shower. Light winds.
Tauranga
- High: 24
Mainly fine, chance of a shower. Light winds, daytime northerlies.
Whanganui
- High: 25
Fine apart from evening cloud. Light winds, daytime southwesterlies.
Wellington
- High: 21
Fine, then some evening cloud. Northerlies.
Whangārei
- High: 24
Fine. Cloudy periods developing in the evening. Light winds, daytime easterlies.
South Island
Valid until midnight on Wednesday, 28 January 2026:
Alexandra
- High: 27
Fine but high cloud increasing. Northwesterlies developing in the morning.
Blenheim
- High: 26
Fine. Northwesterlies developing in the afternoon.
Christchurch
- High: 22
Fine. Northeasterlies developing in the morning.
Dunedin
- High: 21
Fine apart from some morning and evening cloud. Northerlies, turning westerly at night.
Greymouth
- High: 21
Mostly cloudy, with the odd shower from late morning. Westerlies developing in the morning.
Invercargill
- High: 20
Fine but high cloud increasing, the chance of a shower at night. Strong northwesterlies developing in the morning.
Kaikōura
- High: 22
Fine. Northerlies developing in the morning.
Nelson
- High: 21
Fine. Northerlies for a time in the afternoon and evening.
Oamaru
- High: 21
Morning cloud clearing to fine, then returning in the evening. Northerlies developing before dawn.
Queenstown
- High: 23
Fine but high cloud increasing. Southwesterlies developing in the morning.
Timaru
- High: 23
Fine. Northwesterlies, but northeasterlies for a time in the afternoon and evening.
Wānaka
- High: 26
Fine but high cloud increasing. Strong northerlies developing in the morning.
Westport
- High: 21
Cloudy periods, with the chance of a shower from late morning. Westerlies for a time in the afternoon and evening.
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