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Best Time to Visit Queenstown

New Zealand · -45.03, 168.66 · Pacific/Auckland

The reference point is the town. Nearby mountain weather can differ.

Data source and period: -45.03, 168.66 · 962.79 m

January

66/100

Weather score

February

66/100

Weather score

March

59/100

Weather score

Weather score

Temperature

Rainfall

Rainy days

January

Temperature
12.1°C
High / Low
17.3° / 6.7°
Rainfall
99.6 mm
Rainy days
14.5
Humidity
76%
Wind
12.9 km/h
Weather score
66/100

Highest style score: Nature 76/100

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February

Temperature
11.7°C
High / Low
17.0° / 6.4°
Rainfall
101.8 mm
Rainy days
12.7
Humidity
77%
Wind
12.2 km/h
Weather score
66/100

Highest style score: Nature 77/100

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March

Temperature
9.8°C
High / Low
15.1° / 5.2°
Rainfall
91.0 mm
Rainy days
14.6
Humidity
81%
Wind
11.2 km/h
Weather score
59/100

Highest style score: Nature 71/100

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April

Temperature
6.5°C
High / Low
11.0° / 2.7°
Rainfall
107.1 mm
Rainy days
16.7
Humidity
87%
Wind
11.6 km/h
Weather score
45/100

Highest style score: Nature 58/100

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May

Temperature
4.0°C
High / Low
7.7° / 1.0°
Rainfall
115.0 mm
Rainy days
17.2
Humidity
91%
Wind
11.4 km/h
Weather score
36/100

Highest style score: Nature 50/100

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June

Temperature
1.5°C
High / Low
4.5° / -0.7°
Rainfall
85.1 mm
Rainy days
14.9
Humidity
94%
Wind
9.3 km/h
Weather score
34/100

Highest style score: Nature 50/100

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July

Temperature
0.7°C
High / Low
3.6° / -1.6°
Rainfall
108.9 mm
Rainy days
18.7
Humidity
94%
Wind
10.0 km/h
Weather score
27/100

Highest style score: Nature 42/100

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August

Temperature
1.7°C
High / Low
5.3° / -1.1°
Rainfall
91.0 mm
Rainy days
18.9
Humidity
91%
Wind
10.6 km/h
Weather score
31/100

Highest style score: Nature 46/100

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September

Temperature
3.3°C
High / Low
7.5° / -0.4°
Rainfall
129.9 mm
Rainy days
17.6
Humidity
87%
Wind
13.8 km/h
Weather score
35/100

Highest style score: Nature 48/100

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October

Temperature
5.5°C
High / Low
10.1° / 1.2°
Rainfall
125.4 mm
Rainy days
19.8
Humidity
84%
Wind
13.8 km/h
Weather score
40/100

Highest style score: Nature 51/100

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November

Temperature
8.5°C
High / Low
13.3° / 3.6°
Rainfall
107.1 mm
Rainy days
16.9
Humidity
80%
Wind
12.9 km/h
Weather score
53/100

Highest style score: Nature 64/100

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December

Temperature
10.4°C
High / Low
15.2° / 5.5°
Rainfall
110.4 mm
Rainy days
19.1
Humidity
79%
Wind
13.2 km/h
Weather score
56/100

Highest style score: Nature 66/100

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Monthly climate

Queenstown
MonthTemperatureHighLowRainfallRainy daysHumidityWindWeather score
January12.1°C17.3°C6.7°C99.6 mm14.576%12.9 km/h66
February11.7°C17.0°C6.4°C101.8 mm12.777%12.2 km/h66
March9.8°C15.1°C5.2°C91.0 mm14.681%11.2 km/h59
April6.5°C11.0°C2.7°C107.1 mm16.787%11.6 km/h45
May4.0°C7.7°C1.0°C115.0 mm17.291%11.4 km/h36
June1.5°C4.5°C-0.7°C85.1 mm14.994%9.3 km/h34
July0.7°C3.6°C-1.6°C108.9 mm18.794%10.0 km/h27
August1.7°C5.3°C-1.1°C91.0 mm18.991%10.6 km/h31
September3.3°C7.5°C-0.4°C129.9 mm17.687%13.8 km/h35
October5.5°C10.1°C1.2°C125.4 mm19.884%13.8 km/h40
November8.5°C13.3°C3.6°C107.1 mm16.980%12.9 km/h53
December10.4°C15.2°C5.5°C110.4 mm19.179%13.2 km/h56

Travel style

Beach

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February, January, March

City

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February, January, March

Nature

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February, January, March

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Packing notes from the climate statistics

  • Rainfall: January, February, March

This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

Data source and period

Climate statistics are calculated by WhenToTravel from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project Daily API (MERRA-2 meteorology). NASA does not endorse this site.

2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31 · MERRA-2 · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-20T10:20:43.669Z

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Questions about this page

Highest-scoring months
January, February, March
How the weather score works
This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.
Data source and period
Climate statistics are calculated by WhenToTravel from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project Daily API (MERRA-2 meteorology). NASA does not endorse this site. 2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31.