Climate averages 1991–2020
Palmerston North weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Palmerston North: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (112 km away). In July its highs average 11.5°C, about as warm as Palmerston North, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Palmerston North ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 11 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 11 cities is 11.8°C; Palmerston North is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 89 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
Palmerston North climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 70 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| February | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.714 h |
| March | 19.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 62 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 82 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 79 | 11.9 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 90 | 13.2 | 9.39 h |
| July, selected | 11.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 89 | 13.2 | 9.610 h |
| August | 12.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 89 | 13.8 | 10.511 h |
| September | 13.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 94 | 14.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 15.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 109 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 87 | 13.6 | 14.314 h |
| December | 19.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 98 | 13.5 | 15.015 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
- Lower Hutt in JulyNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Wellington in JulyNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 85 mm rain
- New Plymouth in JulyNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Tauranga in JulyNew Zealand · 301 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Manukau City in JulyNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Auckland in JulyNew Zealand · 397 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 Palmerston North) is explained once on the Palmerston North year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.