Auckland in January: what to plant
Averaged over the last 5 years of daily records, January in Auckland runs 17.5–22.9°C with about 152 mm of rain across the month. Here is what that climate actually supports.
❄️ No sub-zero nights in January 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 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 30 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Spinach about 33 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥗 Lettuce about 41 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 47 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 59 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
- 🥒 Cucumber about 104 days to harvest Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌶️ Chili Pepper — Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍅 Tomato — Recent mean 20.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin — Recent mean 20.2°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.