Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunedin weather
in July.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Dunedin: daytime highs average 8.4°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Christchurch (310 km away). In July its highs average 9.9°C, 1.5°C warmer than Dunedin, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Dunedin ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 11 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 11 cities is 11.8°C; Dunedin is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Dunedin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 89 | 12.9 | 15.315 h |
| February | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 74 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| March | 16.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 59 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 13.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| May | 11.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| June | 8.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 8.79 h |
| July, selected | 8.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 39 | 8.0 | 9.09 h |
| August | 9.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 41 | 9.4 | 10.210 h |
| September | 11.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 50 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| November | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 77 | 13.6 | 14.815 h |
| December | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 96 | 14.4 | 15.616 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
July in nearby cities
- Christchurch in JulyNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Wellington in JulyNew Zealand · 615 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in JulyNew Zealand · 628 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Palmerston North in JulyNew Zealand · 740 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 982 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Tauranga in JulyNew Zealand · 1024 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Manukau City in JulyNew Zealand · 1052 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Auckland in JulyNew Zealand · 1064 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 114 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 Dunedin) is explained once on the Dunedin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.