Christchurch climate

Christchurch Weather in September

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 18°C on September 1 to 16°C on September 30, and lows from 15°C to 14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 63 mm over about 12 wet days.

September 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.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

September at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
15°C
Precipitation
63 mm
Record high
30°CSep 7, 2023
Record low
-1°CSep 24, 2003
Daylight
13 h 31 min to 11 h 42 min
Cloud cover
63%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
23.8 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
Sep 118°C15°C26°C 20244°C 198932%
Sep 218°C15°C26°C 19904°C 198530%
Sep 318°C15°C27°C 19912°C 198930%
Sep 418°C15°C28°C 20232°C 198631%
Sep 518°C15°C29°C 20232°C 199333%
Sep 618°C15°C28°C 20232°C 198434%
Sep 718°C15°C30°C 20232°C 198534%
Sep 818°C15°C28°C 20233°C 201335%
Sep 918°C15°C29°C 20233°C 199035%
Sep 1018°C15°C26°C 20231°C 198634%
Sep 1118°C15°C24°C 19993°C 198634%
Sep 1218°C15°C24°C 20224°C 202433%
Sep 1318°C15°C26°C 20021°C 202434%
Sep 1418°C15°C24°C 20021°C 197934%
Sep 1518°C15°C23°C 20032°C 197934%
Sep 1618°C15°C26°C 19823°C 197535%
Sep 1717°C15°C27°C 19820°C 197937%
Sep 1817°C15°C24°C 20241°C 199438%
Sep 1917°C15°C25°C 20241°C 199137%
Sep 2017°C14°C23°C 19981°C 198636%
Sep 2117°C14°C24°C 20063°C 197537%
Sep 2217°C14°C21°C 20101°C 198238%
Sep 2317°C14°C23°C 20000°C 197940%
Sep 2417°C14°C23°C 2021-1°C 200342%
Sep 2517°C14°C21°C 19982°C 201444%
Sep 2617°C14°C22°C 19851°C 199346%
Sep 2717°C14°C22°C 19851°C 198746%
Sep 2817°C14°C22°C 20141°C 200747%
Sep 2917°C14°C24°C 20110°C 198749%
Sep 3016°C14°C24°C 1997-1°C 197450%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Christchurch, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

September 1
sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 7:52 PM
September 30
sunrise 7:06 AM, sunset 6:48 PM

Every day of September: 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.