Climate averages 1991–2020
Christchurch weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Christchurch: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 36 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wellington (305 km away). In November its highs average 14.7°C, 2.6°C cooler than Christchurch, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Christchurch ranks 6th of 11 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 11 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 11 cities is 16.9°C; Christchurch is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Wellington in NovemberNew Zealand · 305 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Dunedin in NovemberNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in NovemberNew Zealand · 319 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Palmerston North in NovemberNew Zealand · 431 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 87 mm rain
- New Plymouth in NovemberNew Zealand · 511 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 557 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 677 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Tauranga in NovemberNew Zealand · 715 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 89 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.