Climate of Christchurch, New Zealand

Cfb

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Cfb — Temperate, no dry season, warm summer.

Christchurch has a mean annual temperature of 12.3 °C and receives 776 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is January with a mean temperature of 17.0 °C, while July is the coldest month at 7.3 °C. Most precipitation falls in June (84 mm); the driest month is February (42 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Christchurch: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 50 100 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January17.055.1
February16.942.0
March15.457.8
April12.975.8
May10.673.5
June8.184.4
July7.382.3
August8.480.6
September10.152.1
October11.857.6
November13.456.0
December15.758.3
Year12.3775.5

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (-43.53°, 172.64°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.