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Queenstown in August

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Queenstown is chilly: highs near 44°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 19 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Queenstown is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
44°F7°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 46% of days
Daylight
10h 20mon average

Is August a good time to visit Queenstown?

August sits outside Queenstown's best months, which run from January to February. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 44°F in August, against 42°F to 71°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in August, against 6°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

46% of days in August, against 41% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in August, against 57% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

10h 20m in August, against 8h 49m to 15h 34m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July42°6°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August44°7°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September49°9°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Queenstown sits, in August

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:44 AMsets 5:56 PM
Above the sea
310 mlow-lying
Latitude
45.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Wānaka53 km north-east

The land around Queenstown, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in New Zealand in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Queenstown

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Queenstown. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (310 m) against the climate model's (716 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (310 m) against the climate model's (716 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.