Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, New Zealand weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Hastings, New Zealand: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palmerston North (132 km away). In July its highs average 11.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Hastings, New Zealand, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hastings, New Zealand ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 11 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 11 cities is 11.8°C; Hastings, New Zealand is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 65 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
Hastings, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 8.1 | 14.615 h |
| February | 22.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.7 | 13.614 h |
| March | 20.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 69 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| June | 13.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 71 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| July, selected | 12.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 85 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| August | 13.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| September | 14.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 60 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 65 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| November | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 57 | 9.3 | 14.314 h |
| December | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 10.0 | 14.915 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
- Palmerston North in JulyNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Tauranga in JulyNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in JulyNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 84 mm rain
- New Plymouth in JulyNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Wellington in JulyNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Manukau City in JulyNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Auckland in JulyNew Zealand · 360 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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.