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Wanaka weather by month

Wanaka runs from about 5°C in July to 17°C in January, with September the wettest month at 312 mm.

warmest month

January

17°C

coolest month

July

5°C

wettest month

September

312 mm

worst air month

January

3 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Wanaka
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January17°C133 mm333 h3
February16°C48 mm351 h3
March13°C119 mm327 h2
April12°C181 mm233 h1
May7°C31 mm203 h1
June6°C68 mm131 h1
July5°C109 mm174 h2
August6°C117 mm215 h2
September7°C312 mm246 h1
October10°C218 mm285 h2
November13°C137 mm356 h3
December16°C153 mm350 h3

About 3,204 hours of sun a year. Roughly 162 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.