Climate averages 1991–2020
Christchurch weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Christchurch: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wellington (305 km away). In February its highs average 18.3°C, 2.9°C cooler than Christchurch, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Christchurch ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 21.1°C; Christchurch is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Christchurch climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 50 | 8.3 | 15.015 h |
| February, selected | 21.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 39 | 6.8 | 13.914 h |
| March | 19.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 45 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 52 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| May | 13.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 48 | 8.1 | 9.710 h |
| June | 10.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 57 | 8.8 | 9.09 h |
| July | 9.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 52 | 8.5 | 9.39 h |
| August | 11.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 48 | 8.9 | 10.410 h |
| September | 13.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 43 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| October | 15.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 48 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 49 | 9.0 | 14.615 h |
| December | 19.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 53 | 9.3 | 15.315 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Wellington in FebruaryNew Zealand · 305 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Dunedin in FebruaryNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in FebruaryNew Zealand · 319 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Palmerston North in FebruaryNew Zealand · 431 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- New Plymouth in FebruaryNew Zealand · 511 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 557 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in FebruaryNew Zealand · 677 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in FebruaryNew Zealand · 715 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 97 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Christchurch) is explained once on the Christchurch year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.