Average annual temperature is 10.1 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 28.9 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -4.4 °C
Number of sunny days: 113 days
Number of rainy days: 251 days
Number of snow days: 1 day
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* Weather data for Canterbury New Zealand is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 25.9 | 28.9 | 25.3 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 19.8 | 22.7 | 23.5 | 27.9 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 20.5 | 20.1 | 17.8 | 16.1 | 14.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 13.8 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 20.1 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 15.1 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 14.0 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | 11.0 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 10.0 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | 6.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | -0.7 | -3.2 | -2.4 | -4.4 | -1.1 | -0.8 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 15.0 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 10.1 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 148 | 127 | 205 | 150 | 96 | 88 | 168 | 62 | 122 | 129 | 142 | 113 |
| Sunny days | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Rainy days | 25 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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