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Queenstown weather by month
Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast
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When is the best time to visit Queenstown?
For a warm holiday, the best week has been 11–17 February (Weather Index 80). Several start dates remain plausible, and the best timing varies between years. January and February are warmest (22°C), February and March are driest and December has the most sun.
- Warmest
- January and February 22°C
- Coolest
- July 7°C
- Driest
- February and March 34% rain-day chance
- Wettest
- October and December 50% rain-day chance
- Sunniest
- December 12 hours a day
A rain day has 1 mm or more, snow included, so a short shower counts. Monthly averages below give the amounts.
Monthly averages in Queenstown
Queenstown historical monthly estimates, 2016–2025. Temperatures and sunshine are daily averages.
| Month | High (°C) | Low (°C) | Rain-day chance (%) | Expected rain days | Precipitation (mm/month) | Sunshine (hours/day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.7 | 12.1 | 36.1 | 11.2 | 108.2 | 11.2 |
| February | 21.5 | 11.9 | 34.3 | 9.6 | 106.9 | 10.9 |
| March | 19.5 | 10.5 | 33.9 | 10.5 | 91.1 | 9.3 |
| April | 15.7 | 7.6 | 39.0 | 11.7 | 101.1 | 7.7 |
| May | 12.0 | 5.2 | 44.2 | 13.7 | 119.7 | 5.9 |
| June | 7.9 | 2.5 | 37.7 | 11.3 | 80.7 | 4.9 |
| July | 6.7 | 1.5 | 44.5 | 13.8 | 122.7 | 4.6 |
| August | 8.0 | 2.3 | 39.4 | 12.2 | 86.7 | 6.8 |
| September | 10.3 | 3.1 | 49.0 | 14.7 | 172.6 | 8.4 |
| October | 13.9 | 5.7 | 50.3 | 15.6 | 144.5 | 9.7 |
| November | 17.6 | 8.5 | 48.3 | 14.5 | 121.5 | 11.0 |
| December | 19.8 | 10.9 | 49.7 | 15.4 | 124.2 | 11.6 |
Each month averages its own days. Precipitation includes snow. About the data
Sources
Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
- Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
- Local days, 2016–2025, every year weighted equally. Each weekly chart averages its own seven days, without smoothing.
- Shading shows the 10th–90th percentile of past days, not forecast confidence.
- A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. The last weekly period has eight days.
- Wind is the average daytime (10:00–18:00) maximum, not gusts. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Missing readings stay blank.
- Mugginess (dew point) comes from the original daily summaries, on UTC days.
- The live two-week forecast comes from the Open-Meteo Weather Forecast API. The Weather Index does not use it.