Auckland in January: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, January in Auckland has run 17.5–22.9°C with about 152 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 January 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. Temperatures hold steady through the month.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-January, 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 | 140 | Jun 3 |
| 🌽 Sweet Corn | 96 | Apr 20 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 66 | Mar 21 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 60 | Mar 15 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 54 | Mar 9 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 87 | Apr 11 |
| 🥬 Celery | 90 | Apr 14 |
| 🥔 Potato | 70 | Mar 25 |
| 🥕 Parsnip | 84 | Apr 8 |
| 🧅 Onion | 71 | Mar 26 |
| 🧅 Leek | 73 | Mar 28 |
| 🥬 Cabbage | 66 | Mar 21 |
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 104 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 89 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 64 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 59 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens about 55 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 83 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Celery about 86 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 69 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Parsnip about 81 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 70 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 72 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cabbage about 65 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~196 days)
- 🍆 Aubergine — Slow going at current temperatures (~172 days)
- 🥒 Luffa — Slow going at current temperatures (~150 days)
Other months in Auckland
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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.