Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunedin weather
in June.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Dunedin: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 43 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Christchurch (310 km away). In June its highs average 10.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Dunedin, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Dunedin ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 11 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 11 cities is 12.5°C; Dunedin is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 39 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
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, selected | 8.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 8.79 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Christchurch in JuneNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Wellington in JuneNew Zealand · 615 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in JuneNew Zealand · 628 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Palmerston North in JuneNew Zealand · 740 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JuneNew Zealand · 982 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Tauranga in JuneNew Zealand · 1024 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Manukau City in JuneNew Zealand · 1052 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Auckland in JuneNew Zealand · 1064 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 101 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.