Queenstown weather by month
Queenstown runs from about 5°C in July to 16°C in January, with September the wettest month at 390 mm.
warmest month
January
16°C
coolest month
July
5°C
wettest month
September
390 mm
worst air month
November
3 µg/m³
The whole year, month by month.
| Month | Avg temp | Rain | Sun | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 158 mm | 335 h | 3 |
| February | 15°C | 93 mm | 319 h | 2 |
| March | 12°C | 148 mm | 304 h | 2 |
| April | 11°C | 173 mm | 216 h | 1 |
| May | 7°C | 40 mm | 190 h | 1 |
| June | 6°C | 86 mm | 143 h | 2 |
| July | 5°C | 95 mm | 155 h | 2 |
| August | 5°C | 114 mm | 216 h | 2 |
| September | 6°C | 390 mm | 205 h | 2 |
| October | 9°C | 225 mm | 243 h | 2 |
| November | 12°C | 112 mm | 333 h | 3 |
| December | 16°C | 113 mm | 358 h | 2 |
About 3,017 hours of sun a year. Roughly 166 rainy days a year.
These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.
where these numbers come from
- · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
- · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.
Last reviewed 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.