Christchurch climate

Christchurch Weather in July

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Christchurch, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on July 1 to 19°C on July 31, and lows from 14°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 9 wet days.

July day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Christchurch, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

July at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
15°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Record high
33°CJul 1, 1976
Record low
-1°CJul 21, 2008
Daylight
16 h 25 min to 15 h 22 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
14°C
Wind
20.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jul 117°C14°C33°C 19760°C 200436%
Jul 217°C14°C33°C 19760°C 200436%
Jul 317°C14°C31°C 20064°C 198437%
Jul 417°C14°C31°C 19760°C 200437%
Jul 517°C14°C32°C 19760°C 199737%
Jul 617°C14°C30°C 19760°C 200438%
Jul 717°C15°C30°C 20134°C 198437%
Jul 818°C15°C29°C 20130°C 200436%
Jul 918°C15°C30°C 19950°C 200735%
Jul 1018°C15°C29°C 2025-1°C 200434%
Jul 1118°C15°C31°C 19830°C 200433%
Jul 1218°C15°C32°C 19835°C 199333%
Jul 1318°C15°C31°C 19836°C 199332%
Jul 1418°C15°C31°C 20136°C 201132%
Jul 1518°C15°C31°C 20035°C 200130%
Jul 1618°C15°C30°C 19835°C 200130%
Jul 1718°C15°C31°C 20066°C 198530%
Jul 1818°C15°C32°C 20066°C 199628%
Jul 1918°C15°C30°C 20137°C 197429%
Jul 2018°C15°C27°C 19908°C 199629%
Jul 2118°C15°C30°C 1990-1°C 200829%
Jul 2218°C15°C31°C 19894°C 198030%
Jul 2318°C15°C30°C 19896°C 198630%
Jul 2418°C16°C30°C 20146°C 198630%
Jul 2518°C16°C29°C 19954°C 197830%
Jul 2618°C16°C28°C 19836°C 198732%
Jul 2719°C16°C29°C 19848°C 202232%
Jul 2819°C16°C29°C 19846°C 199232%
Jul 2919°C16°C28°C 19836°C 202033%
Jul 3019°C16°C29°C 19956°C 198833%
Jul 3119°C16°C31°C 19954°C 201534%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Christchurch, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

July 1
sunrise 4:58 AM, sunset 9:23 PM
July 31
sunrise 5:32 AM, sunset 8:54 PM

Every day of July: sun and moon

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.