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Weather Forecast for Queenstown319m above sea level

Now

15°
Queenstown
Observed at 4:35am from:
Queenstown (IQUEEN112)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmWNW 0km/h16°81%985.78hPa

Today

15°
Queenstown
Thunderstorms. Calm/Variable winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
80%3.8mmWNW 6km/h6 (High)4:58pm8:34am

Tonight

6°
Queenstown
Showers early. Calm/Variable winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
60%1.6mmSE 4km/h12:02am11:56amWaxing Crescent

Next 24 Hours in Queenstown

Next 9 Days in Queenstown

Sat 27 Dec
Sat 27 Dec
20°
Day
9°
Night
Partly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.
SSE
7km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.
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Sun 28 Dec
Sun 28 Dec
20°
Day
8°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Light East to Sou'East winds.
ESE
9km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Light East to Sou'East winds.
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Mon 29 Dec
Mon 29 Dec
19°
Day
8°
Night
Partly cloudy. Light Easterly winds.
E
11km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Light Easterly winds.
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Tue 30 Dec
Tue 30 Dec
19°
Day
10°
Night
Mostly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.
ENE
8km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Mostly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.
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Wed 31 Dec
Wed 31 Dec
20°
Day
12°
Night
Afternoon showers. Calm/Variable winds.
NW
6km/h
50%
chance
of rain

3.4mm
Afternoon showers. Calm/Variable winds.
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Thu 1 Jan
Thu 1 Jan
20°
Day
11°
Night
Showers. Calm/Variable winds.
SE
5km/h
50%
chance
of rain

2.3mm
Showers. Calm/Variable winds.
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Fri 2 Jan
Fri 2 Jan
21°
Day
11°
Night
Afternoon showers. Calm/Variable winds.
SSE
6km/h
40%
chance
of rain

1.2mm
Afternoon showers. Calm/Variable winds.
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Sat 3 Jan
Sat 3 Jan
22°
Day
11°
Night
A mix of sun and cloud. Calm/Variable winds.
SSE
6km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
A mix of sun and cloud. Calm/Variable winds.
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Sun 4 Jan
Sun 4 Jan
22°
Day
11°
Night
Mostly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.
WNW
6km/h
20%
chance
of rain

trace
Mostly cloudy. Calm/Variable winds.
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Grant on 25/12/2025 11:24pm

As a keen observer of weather in the North Island I and some of my friends and colleagues find weather forecasts over the past 3 to 4 months have been woeful !

I’m in my early 70s and have had an ongoing interest in weather in the North Island from Taupo north, the forecasting of late (last 6 months) have been woeful specifically in the greater Auckland Region

With all the weather specialists & all the techo goodies you have you’d like to think you could get some reliability and semblance of accuracy in forecasting !

When Wiroa Island had a weather station at Auckland Airport forecasts for Auckland were inherently reliable, these days it’s look out the window and guess, seems to be the basis of weather FORCASTING in the 21st Century!

Rgds, Grant Maconaghie

WW Forecast Team on 26/12/2025 12:48am

Hi there, New Zealand has no open weather data – that’s why forecasts aren’t as accurate as we all wish they were. That simply means that no historical or current weather data is openly available for use, unlike Australia, USA, Canada, UK, Japan etc. I suggest you write to you local MP. Our forecasts in other nations are more accurate because we capture real time data including radar.
Have a nice day, thank you for using our free service when you tax fund both MetService and Niwa weather.
Regards
– WW

Mary Jarvie on 25/12/2025 8:15am

Why are results from Westport Cananda showing up on this page ?! ie IWESTP58

WW Forecast Team on 25/12/2025 9:44am

Hi Mary, where are you seeing it say Canada? IWESTP58 does appear to be incorrect, but it’s showing 21 degrees, not -3 (which it is there). We’ll take a look and remove that station in the next day or so.
– WW

jet on 24/12/2025 11:06pm

Merry Christmas Phill and WW thanks for forecasting sunny weather in nelson you guys are epic

Rob Curtis on 24/12/2025 7:52am

I have a theory. It will or will not rain.

Jet on 23/12/2025 2:43am

Hi Phill When are you gonna do a cilmate outlook for January?

WW Forecast Team on 23/12/2025 10:57pm

Hi Jet, we’ll have a long range outlook on New Year’s Eve, but not the usual ClimateWatch update, that returns on January 31st.
Cheers
– WW

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