Climate averages 1991–2020
Christchurch weather
in June.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Christchurch: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wellington (305 km away). In June its highs average 12.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than Christchurch, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Christchurch ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest June highs and 2nd of 11 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 11 cities is 12.5°C; Christchurch is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Wellington in JuneNew Zealand · 305 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Dunedin in JuneNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in JuneNew Zealand · 319 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Palmerston North in JuneNew Zealand · 431 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 90 mm rain
- New Plymouth in JuneNew Zealand · 511 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in JuneNew Zealand · 557 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JuneNew Zealand · 677 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Tauranga in JuneNew Zealand · 715 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 129 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.