July Sunshine Averages for New Zealand

The tables here list the average amount of sun that cities and towns around New Zealand get during July.

Each place has a daily average and a monthly total of the hours of sunshine it typically receives. The hours of sun are averages of weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

North Island

Average hours of sunshine in July
Place Day Month
Auckland 5 148
Gisborne 4 130
Hamilton 4 128
Kaitaia 5 140
Masterton 4 115
Napier 5 144
New Plymouth 5 143
Palmerston North 4 111
Tauranga 5 150
Thames 4 118
Wellington 4 121
Whangarei 5 141

South Island

Average total hours of sun in July
Place Day Month
Akaroa 4 115
Blenheim 5 160
Christchurch 4 128
Dunedin 4 115
Franz Josef 3 94
Greymouth 4 114
Invercargill 3 98
Lake Tekapo 5 149
Mt Cook 3 80
Nelson 5 160
Queenstown 3 85
Timaru 4 132
Reference

NIWA (New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research). The National Climate Database.

New Zealand Sunshine
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