Auckland in February: what to plant
Averaged over the last 5 years of daily records, February in Auckland runs 17.6–23.3°C with about 109 mm of rain across the month. Here is what that climate actually supports.
❄️ No sub-zero nights in February in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
Best crops to sow now
- 🍒 Cherry Radish Fastest about 20 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 30 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Spinach about 32 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥗 Lettuce about 40 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 46 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 58 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 68 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Cucumber about 101 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌶️ Chili Pepper — Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍅 Tomato — Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold — Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
Other months in Auckland
Temperature and rainfall are 5-year daily normals from the ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo. Suitability is scored with the same degree-day model the game runs on — it is not a generic planting calendar.