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Queenstown in September

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Queenstown is chilly: highs near 49°F, lows near 34°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 8 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Queenstown is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 8 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
49°F9°Caverage
Low
34°F1°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 52% of days
Daylight
11h 53mon average

Is September a good time to visit Queenstown?

September sits outside Queenstown's best months, which run from January to February. Expect chilly days and rain on about four 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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 49°F in September, against 42°F to 71°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in September, against 6°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

52% of days in September, against 41% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in September, against 57% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

11h 53m in September, against 8h 49m to 15h 34m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August44°7°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. September49°9°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. October55°13°low 37°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Queenstown sits, in September

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:49 AMsets 6:32 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
See September 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.