Queenstown climate

Name: Queenstown
Address: Southern Alps, New Zealand

New Zealand · Southern Alps · 45.031° S, 168.663° E

Köppen CfboceanicTemperate

Alpine-lake resort with cold snowy winters and warm dry summers.

Mild winters and warm summers, the classic middle-latitude climate.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

January, 71°F / 21°C

Coldest month

July, 36°F / 2°C

Annual swing

35°F / 19°C

Wettest month

September

Driest month

January

Rain per year

52.6" / 1336 mm

Snow per year

35.0" / 890 mm

Elevation

1056 ft / 322 m

Time zone

Pacific/Auckland

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	71 / 21	54 / 12	3.73 / 95	0.0 / 1	69%	3.5 / 5.6	65%
February	70 / 21	54 / 12	4.73 / 120	0.0 / 0	70%	3.3 / 5.3	62%
March	66 / 19	52 / 11	3.77 / 96	0.3 / 7	74%	3.0 / 4.8	64%
April	59 / 15	46 / 8	4.16 / 106	0.6 / 14	78%	2.9 / 4.7	66%
May	54 / 12	43 / 6	4.71 / 120	1.5 / 37	85%	2.5 / 4.0	78%
June	46 / 8	37 / 3	2.94 / 75	7.4 / 187	90%	2.2 / 3.5	84%
July	45 / 7	36 / 2	3.95 / 100	6.5 / 165	90%	2.4 / 3.9	87%
August	47 / 8	36 / 2	3.44 / 87	7.5 / 191	87%	2.3 / 3.7	83%
September	52 / 11	39 / 4	6.13 / 156	6.1 / 154	78%	3.1 / 5.0	74%
October	57 / 14	42 / 5	4.57 / 116	4.4 / 113	75%	3.3 / 5.3	73%
November	64 / 18	47 / 9	4.43 / 113	0.7 / 17	71%	3.4 / 5.5	70%
December	66 / 19	51 / 11	6.05 / 154	0.2 / 4	70%	3.7 / 6.0	72%

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