Picton weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇿 New Zealand · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Picton is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with January and March close behind. Picton averages about 2,486 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 51 mm of rain in February.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 2,486
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 803 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 17°C / 63°F
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 22 m
_Picton-Koromiko_airfield.jpg/960px-Cessna_208_(Sounds_Air)_Picton-Koromiko_airfield.jpg)
When is the best time to visit Picton?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Picton is February, then January and March. The dullest month is July (20/100, 74 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Picton?
Picton gets a moderate 2,486 hours of sunshine a year. 64 Sunshine Score points separate February (84) from July (20), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 26 destinations in New Zealand for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,342 hours. The year's 803 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 83 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 55 mm | 9 | 16° / 61°F |
| February | 84 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 51 mm | 8 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 83 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 56 mm | 6 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 67 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 73 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 76 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 86 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 74 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| August | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 68 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| September | 48 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 64 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 60 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 73 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| November | 76 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 55 mm | 7 | 15° / 59°F |
| December | 80 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 72 mm | 8 | 16° / 61°F |
Sea temperature in Picton by month
The sea off Picton is warmest in February at around 17°C / 63°F, and coolest in August at 11°C / 52°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Picton on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Blenheim New Zealand · 20 km · best in Feb · 2,486 h sun/yr
- Wellington New Zealand · 71 km · best in Feb · 2,510 h sun/yr
- Palmerston North New Zealand · 180 km · best in Jan · 2,196 h sun/yr
- New Plymouth New Zealand · 261 km · best in Jan · 2,321 h sun/yr
- Christchurch New Zealand · 265 km · best in Feb · 2,377 h sun/yr
- Napier New Zealand · 323 km · best in Feb · 2,256 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nelson New Zealand · 62 km · 2,486 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Wanganui New Zealand · 178 km · 2,180 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Westport New Zealand · 203 km · 2,175 h sun/yr · best in Feb
Put the Picton sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Picton's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: