Auckland in December: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, December in Auckland has run 16.6–21.9°C with about 128 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Auckland is actually having, today.
Grow one in Auckland's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in December in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ No night at or below 0°C in the last 5 years — frost is not a limiting factor here, and tender crops can stay out year-round.
☀️ About 11.2 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 1.3°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-December, then adding up the warmth Auckland usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🌽 Sweet Corn | 90 | Mar 14 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 64 | Feb 16 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 59 | Feb 11 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 55 | Feb 7 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 83 | Mar 7 |
| 🥬 Celery | 87 | Mar 11 |
| 🥔 Potato | 69 | Feb 21 |
| 🥕 Parsnip | 81 | Mar 5 |
| 🧅 Onion | 70 | Feb 22 |
| 🧅 Leek | 72 | Feb 24 |
| 🌿 Rocket | 24 | Jan 7 |
| 🥬 Cabbage | 65 | Feb 17 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 97 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 71 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 65 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens about 60 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 89 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Celery about 91 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 74 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Parsnip about 85 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 74 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 76 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Rocket about 25 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cabbage about 69 days to harvest Recent mean 19.3°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~220 days)
- 🌶️ Okra — Recent mean 19.3°C is too cold (ideal 20–33°C)
- 🍆 Aubergine — Slow going at current temperatures (~193 days)
Other months in Auckland
📍 Somewhere else? Look up your own city →
Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Auckland, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.