Climate averages 1991–2020
Wellington weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Wellington: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (14 km away). In July its highs average 11.5°C, about as warm as Wellington, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Wellington ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 11 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 11 cities is 11.8°C; Wellington is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 82 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
Wellington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 55 | 7.6 | 14.815 h |
| February | 18.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 56 | 6.1 | 13.714 h |
| March | 17.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 59 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 15.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 73 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| May | 13.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 76 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 95 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| July, selected | 11.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 87 | 12.2 | 9.510 h |
| August | 11.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 82 | 12.7 | 10.510 h |
| September | 12.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 74 | 10.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 13.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 83 | 11.4 | 13.213 h |
| November | 14.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 69 | 9.1 | 14.414 h |
| December | 16.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 65 | 9.7 | 15.115 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 · 14 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Palmerston North in JulyNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 85 mm rain
- New Plymouth in JulyNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Christchurch in JulyNew Zealand · 305 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 392 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Tauranga in JulyNew Zealand · 418 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Manukau City in JulyNew Zealand · 478 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 112 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 Wellington) is explained once on the Wellington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.