Auckland in February: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, February in Auckland has run 17.6–23.3°C with about 109 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 February 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 11.0 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it cools by about 1.3°C from the first ten days to the last — the window for autumn sowings is opening.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-February, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 🥒 Cucumber | 279 | Nov 20 |
| 🎃 Pumpkin | 239 | Oct 11 |
| 🌽 Sweet Corn | 143 | Jul 7 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 78 | May 3 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 63 | Apr 18 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 107 | Jun 1 |
| 🥬 Celery | 103 | May 28 |
| 🥔 Potato | 80 | May 5 |
| 🥕 Parsnip | 94 | May 19 |
| 🧅 Onion | 79 | May 4 |
| 🧅 Leek | 81 | May 6 |
| 🥬 Cabbage | 73 | Apr 28 |
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.
- 🥒 Cucumber about 101 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin about 111 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 87 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 63 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens about 53 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 81 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Celery about 85 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
- 🥕 Parsnip about 80 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 69 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 71 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cabbage about 64 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~191 days)
- 🍆 Aubergine — Slow going at current temperatures (~167 days)
- 🥒 Luffa — Slow going at current temperatures (~145 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.