Is Manukau City safe? New Zealand travel risk
Is Manukau City safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Manukau City scores 21/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates New Zealand Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 29 Apr 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Manukau City scores 21/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and New Zealand (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Manukau City: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (38/100) and security (17/100).
A score of 21 is higher than the scores of 9% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the New Zealand travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 37.0000° S, 174.8850° E within Auckland, Manukau City is situated 477.0 km S of Wellington at an altitude of 43 m.
Auckland
37.0000° S, 174.8850° E
43 m
Pacific/Auckland
362,000
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (New Zealand)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (23 °C avg high); Wettest: June (115 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 22° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 17° | 15° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 21° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 83 | 58 | 88 | 84 | 90 | 115 | 110 | 109 | 101 | 93 | 78 | 71 |
Normals: Auckland (19.9 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Manukau City happened in May (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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