Climate averages 1991–2020
New Plymouth weather
in June.
A cool, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in New Plymouth: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 28 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamilton, New Zealand (177 km away). In June its highs average 13.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than New Plymouth, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, New Plymouth ranks 6th of 11 for the warmest June highs and 11th of 11 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 11 cities is 12.5°C; New Plymouth is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 189 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
New Plymouth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 106 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| March | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 109 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 154 | 12.6 | 11.111 h |
| May | 14.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 183 | 14.1 | 10.010 h |
| June, selected | 12.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 185 | 14.7 | 9.59 h |
| July | 11.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 189 | 16.2 | 9.710 h |
| August | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 177 | 16.0 | 10.611 h |
| September | 13.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 173 | 15.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 171 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 134 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| December | 18.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 160 | 13.4 | 14.815 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
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JuneNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Palmerston North in JuneNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Tauranga in JuneNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Manukau City in JuneNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in JuneNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in JuneNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Auckland in JuneNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Wellington in JuneNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 95 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 New Plymouth) is explained once on the New Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.