Climate averages 1991–2020
Wellington weather
in June.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Wellington: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 15 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (14 km away). In June its highs average 12.3°C, about as warm as Wellington, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Wellington ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest June highs and 6th of 11 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 11 cities is 12.5°C; Wellington is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 87 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
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, selected | 12.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 95 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Lower Hutt in JuneNew Zealand · 14 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Palmerston North in JuneNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in JuneNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 71 mm rain
- New Plymouth in JuneNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Christchurch in JuneNew Zealand · 305 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JuneNew Zealand · 392 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Tauranga in JuneNew Zealand · 418 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Manukau City in JuneNew Zealand · 478 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 100 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.