January Temperatures in New Zealand

Average temperatures for January at cities, towns, beaches and islands throughout New Zealand are listed below.

Separate lists for the North, South and outlying islands give the month's maximum and minimum temperatures, in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

North Island

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
75	61	Auckland	24	16
71	61	Cape Reinga	22	16
76	58	Gisborne	25	14
75	60	Great Barrier Island	24	15
76	55	Hamilton	25	13
74	58	Kaikohe	23	14
74	59	Kaitaia	24	15
76	57	Kerikeri	25	14
78	54	Masterton	25	12
76	57	Napier	24	14
71	56	New Plymouth	22	13
73	56	Palmerston North	23	13
73	55	Rotorua	23	13
73	53	Taupo	23	12
76	60	Tauranga	24	15
76	58	Thames	25	15
76	58	Waiheke Island	24	15
69	57	Wellington	20	14
65	44	Whakapapa Village, Tongariro	18	7
72	57	Whanganui	22	14
74	61	Whangaparaoa	24	16
76	60	Whangarei	25	16
75	58	Whitianga	24	14

South Island

Average daily temperatures in January
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
73	55	Akaroa	23	13
65	47	Arthur's Pass	18	8
74	55	Blenheim	23	13
73	55	Christchurch	23	13
66	53	Dunedin	19	12
71	58	Farewell Spit	22	15
68	51	Franz Josef	20	11
66	55	Greymouth	19	13
66	49	Invercargill	19	9
69	55	Kaikoura	20	13
70	48	Lake Rotoiti	21	9
72	47	Lake Tekapo	22	9
69	47	Manapouri	21	9
67	51	Milford Sound	20	11
69	48	Mt Cook	20	9
73	57	Nelson	23	14
74	52	Queenstown	23	11
64	53	Secretary Island	18	12
68	53	Timaru	20	11
68	55	Westport	20	13

Other Islands

Temperatures averages for January
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
54	47	Auckland Islands	12	8
54	45	Campbell Island	12	7
67	54	Chatham Island	19	12
78	68	Raoul Island	25	20
64	49	Stewart Island, Oban	18	10

Average Temperatures in January for New Zealand

North Island

South Island

Other Islands

Reference

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