Christchurch Weather in January
Average highs run from 9°C on January 1 to 8°C on January 31, and lows from 7°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 16 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 9°C
- Average low
- 7°C
- Precipitation
- 90 mm
- Record high
- 15°CJan 24, 1973
- Record low
- -13°CJan 3, 1979
- Daylight
- 8 h 04 min to 9 h 13 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 5°C
- Wind
- 31.3 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 9°C | 7°C | 14°C 2022 | -9°C 2002 | 52% |
| Jan 2 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 2024 | -6°C 2010 | 52% |
| Jan 3 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 1981 | -13°C 1979 | 52% |
| Jan 4 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 2023 | -7°C 2009 | 52% |
| Jan 5 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 2025 | -10°C 2010 | 52% |
| Jan 6 | 9°C | 7°C | 14°C 1999 | -6°C 1985 | 52% |
| Jan 7 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 2014 | -11°C 2009 | 52% |
| Jan 8 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 1998 | -6°C 1994 | 52% |
| Jan 9 | 9°C | 7°C | 14°C 1998 | -8°C 1985 | 52% |
| Jan 10 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 2023 | -9°C 2009 | 52% |
| Jan 11 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 2023 | -6°C 1989 | 53% |
| Jan 12 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 1976 | -7°C 1977 | 52% |
| Jan 13 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 1993 | -9°C 1987 | 52% |
| Jan 14 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 2023 | -7°C 1980 | 52% |
| Jan 15 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 1975 | -6°C 1982 | 52% |
| Jan 16 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 1993 | -8°C 2024 | 51% |
| Jan 17 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 2008 | -6°C 2023 | 50% |
| Jan 18 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 2007 | -7°C 2024 | 50% |
| Jan 19 | 9°C | 6°C | 15°C 2007 | -5°C 2017 | 50% |
| Jan 20 | 9°C | 6°C | 13°C 2005 | -6°C 2015 | 49% |
| Jan 21 | 9°C | 6°C | 14°C 1973 | -6°C 2023 | 48% |
| Jan 22 | 9°C | 6°C | 13°C 2024 | -8°C 2023 | 48% |
| Jan 23 | 8°C | 6°C | 13°C 1973 | -8°C 1992 | 47% |
| Jan 24 | 8°C | 6°C | 15°C 1973 | -5°C 2021 | 47% |
| Jan 25 | 8°C | 6°C | 13°C 2003 | -6°C 2023 | 45% |
| Jan 26 | 8°C | 6°C | 13°C 2003 | -7°C 1986 | 43% |
| Jan 27 | 8°C | 6°C | 15°C 2003 | -8°C 2000 | 43% |
| Jan 28 | 8°C | 6°C | 12°C 1999 | -5°C 2000 | 43% |
| Jan 29 | 8°C | 6°C | 14°C 2022 | -4°C 1987 | 43% |
| Jan 30 | 8°C | 6°C | 14°C 2000 | -5°C 2011 | 42% |
| Jan 31 | 8°C | 6°C | 12°C 2002 | -8°C 2019 | 42% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:09 AM, sunset 4:13 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:44 AM, sunset 4:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003862, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.