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What to pack for Auckland in October
Typical October, built from ten years of weather
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Typical for your dates
Highs 63°F, lows 54°F, rain 14 of 31 days
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Sunset lands around 6:35pm. Wind averages 16 mph. There is paperwork on this one, so start with Before you go.
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Packing for
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Essentials
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14 rain days a month finds every seam. A real shell, not a windbreaker.
Check ankles and, if there's a dog, paws and ears every night.
This country runs on Type I. Get one with USB-C so you're not fighting over the single outlet.
Set it up before you land. Signal drops for long stretches outside cities.
Fits the overhead on every airline that matters. Skip the checked-bag line entirely.
For the passport, the chargers, and the one dry pair of socks.
Before you go
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SafetyWing Nomad Insurance, Month-to-month cover you can start after you leave
Going, Cheap cash fares, emailed when they droppoint.me, Finds the flight your points will actually book
AllTrails, Download your trails before you lose signal.
Recommended
10 items
UV hits 7.9 here. Long sleeves beat reapplying sunscreen every hour.
One brick charges the laptop, phone, and camera.
Hotel and cafe wifi is shared with everyone else in the building. A VPN keeps your banking and email to yourself.
Nice to have
8 items you could skip
Basics
16 things you probably own already