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Satellite view of Point Chevalier Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Point Chevalier Beach

New ZealandAuckland · New Zealand · Tasman Sea

-36.8551, 174.7018 · Point Chevalier, 1 km

  • 21°Sea · February
  • 24°High · February
  • 9.3 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Point Chevalier Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Point Chevalier Beach in October

  • 17°CAir, daytime high12°C at night
  • 15°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month80 mm in total
  • 23 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 37Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 19 kmAirport: Auckland International Airport (AKL)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 16.6 °C — 1.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaFebruary and March21 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and November9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and November52 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan20°9 h58 mm
  2. Feb21°8 h64 mm
  3. Mar20°7 h72 mm
  4. Apr19°6 h83 mm
  5. May17°5 h118 mm
  6. Jun16°4 h106 mm
  7. Jul15°5 h115 mm
  8. Aug14°6 h100 mm
  9. Sep14°6 h86 mm
  10. Oct15°7 h80 mm
  11. Nov17°8 h52 mm
  12. Dec18°8 h81 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
15°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20°Feb: 21°Mar: 20°Apr: 19°May: 17°Jun: 16°Jul: 15°Aug: 14°Sep: 14°Oct: 15°Nov: 17°Dec: 18°14°21°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 17°)Feb: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 17°)Mar: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 16°)Apr: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 14°)May: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Jun: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 10°)Jul: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Aug: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Sep: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 10°)Oct: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Nov: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 13°)Dec: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)20°11°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 58 mmFeb: 64 mmMar: 72 mmApr: 83 mmMay: 118 mm118Jun: 106 mmJul: 115 mmAug: 100 mmSep: 86 mmOct: 80 mmNov: 52 mm52Dec: 81 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.3 h9.3Feb: 8.0 hMar: 7.4 hApr: 6.2 hMay: 5.0 hJun: 4.3 h4.3Jul: 4.7 hAug: 5.5 hSep: 6.5 hOct: 7.4 hNov: 8.4 hDec: 8.3 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Point Chevalier Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Point Chevalier Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2317205879.320
Februarywarmest sea2417216488.018
March2216207287.418
April20141983106.218
May171217118135.020
June151016106144.322
July14915115144.721
August14914100155.521
September16101486136.522
October17121580127.423
November19131752108.422
December21151881108.321

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Point Chevalier Beach: Point Chevalier Auckland (180471205)
Photo: Kevin Jude Deloria · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Point Chevalier Beach: Looking Towards Point Chevalier from Meola Creek
Photo: Walter Rumsby · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Point Chevalier Beach: Point Chevalier Beach
Photo: Summ23 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

The nearest sea measurement point is 29 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER31 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202029 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.131 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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