Kaikoura climate and weather
Current conditions
16.9° / 8.9°
Moderate rain showers
- Feels like
- 16.4° / 4.7°
- Humidity
- —
- Wind
- 34.9 km/h (gusts 86.8)
- UV index
- 7.5
- Sunrise / sunset
- 06:17 / 20:01
- Daylight
- 13.7 hrs
7-day forecast
| Date | Weather | High | Low | Feels like | Precip | Rain | Wind | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct | Moderate rain showers | 16.9° | 8.9° | 16.4° / 4.7° | 8.9 mm | 100% | 34.9 km/h | 7.5 |
| Wed 28 Oct | Moderate drizzle | 16.4° | 6.8° | 19.0° / 4.6° | 1.1 mm | 4% | 7.6 km/h | 7.6 |
| Thu 29 Oct | Moderate drizzle | 18.2° | 8.9° | 16.3° / 6.3° | 2.4 mm | 35% | 28.4 km/h | 5.3 |
| Fri 30 Oct | Moderate rain showers | 17.7° | 7.4° | 13.8° / 3.6° | 12.2 mm | 85% | 31.9 km/h | 5.3 |
| Sat 31 Oct | Overcast | 12.7° | 5.8° | 10.5° / 1.7° | 0.0 mm | 42% | 19.0 km/h | 7.3 |
| Sun 1 Nov | Fog | 20.6° | 8.2° | 25.4° / 6.4° | 0.0 mm | 0% | 6.2 km/h | 7.8 |
| Mon 2 Nov | Overcast | 20.9° | 11.9° | 22.8° / 11.4° | 0.0 mm | 7% | 5.2 km/h | 4.5 |
Air quality
25
Good
US Air Quality Index
European AQI: 17
- PM2.5
- 3.0 µg/m³
- PM10
- 5.0 µg/m³
- Ozone (O₃)
- 52.0 µg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.3 µg/m³
- SO₂
- 0.2 µg/m³
- CO
- 72.0 µg/m³
- UV index
- 0.1
- Dust
- 0.0 µg/m³
Climate through the year
Now: October
Average high and low, °C Rainfall, mm
Temperature by month
Precipitation and rain days
Sunshine, UV and humidity
Best months to visit
| Month | Rating | Avg high | Avg low | Rain days | Sun (hrs) | Humidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Good · 64 | 20.5°C | 13.7°C | 12.4 | 368.9 | 80.0% |
| February | Good · 64 | 20.5°C | 13.9°C | 13.6 | 277.2 | 80.4% |
| December | Good · 61 | 19.9°C | 13.2°C | 14.5 | 325.5 | 80.0% |
| March | Good · 59 | 19.0°C | 12.0°C | 11.0 | 285.2 | 78.3% |
| November | Good · 55 | 18.4°C | 11.3°C | 13.8 | 324.0 | 78.6% |
| April | Fair · 47 | 17.7°C | 10.7°C | 11.4 | 240.0 | 77.8% |
| October | Fair · 43 | 16.3°C | 8.6°C | 12.6 | 310.0 | 75.7% |
| September | Fair · 36 | 14.7°C | 6.7°C | 13.0 | 270.0 | 73.4% |
| May | Poor · 34 | 15.4°C | 8.4°C | 10.8 | 207.7 | 75.8% |
| August | Poor · 32 | 12.5°C | 5.4°C | 11.4 | 238.7 | 73.9% |
| June | Poor · 26 | 13.1°C | 6.8°C | 11.4 | 180.0 | 76.6% |
| July | Poor · 26 | 12.3°C | 5.7°C | 13.0 | 198.4 | 75.4% |
Monthly climate data
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Feels high | Feels low | Precip | Rain days | Snow | Sun | Daylight | UV | Humidity | Wind | Clouds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.5° | 13.7° | 17.2° | 22.3° | 12.9° | 101.8 mm | 12.4 | 0.0 cm | 368.9 hrs | 14.9 hrs | — | 80.0% | 16.2 km/h | 61.5% |
| Feb | 20.5° | 13.9° | 17.2° | 22.2° | 13.2° | 177.9 mm | 13.6 | 0.0 cm | 277.2 hrs | 13.8 hrs | — | 80.4% | 14.9 km/h | 60.6% |
| Mar | 19.0° | 12.0° | 15.5° | 19.8° | 10.6° | 118.9 mm | 11.0 | 0.3 cm | 285.2 hrs | 12.4 hrs | — | 78.3% | 15.5 km/h | 62.1% |
| Apr | 17.7° | 10.7° | 14.1° | 17.8° | 9.1° | 118.2 mm | 11.4 | 0.0 cm | 240.0 hrs | 10.9 hrs | — | 77.8% | 13.6 km/h | 55.5% |
| May | 15.4° | 8.4° | 11.7° | 14.8° | 6.1° | 133.2 mm | 10.8 | 0.1 cm | 207.7 hrs | 9.7 hrs | — | 75.8% | 13.9 km/h | 55.9% |
| Jun | 13.1° | 6.8° | 9.6° | 11.6° | 4.2° | 118.0 mm | 11.4 | 1.3 cm | 180.0 hrs | 9.1 hrs | — | 76.6% | 13.6 km/h | 65.2% |
| Jul | 12.3° | 5.7° | 8.6° | 10.7° | 2.7° | 153.7 mm | 13.0 | 3.8 cm | 198.4 hrs | 9.4 hrs | — | 75.4% | 14.7 km/h | 59.3% |
| Aug | 12.5° | 5.4° | 8.7° | 10.9° | 2.3° | 100.5 mm | 11.4 | 7.0 cm | 238.7 hrs | 10.5 hrs | — | 73.9% | 14.6 km/h | 57.5% |
| Sep | 14.7° | 6.7° | 10.7° | 13.8° | 3.9° | 89.4 mm | 13.0 | 2.6 cm | 270.0 hrs | 11.8 hrs | — | 73.4% | 15.9 km/h | 57.5% |
| Oct | 16.3° | 8.6° | 12.5° | 16.4° | 6.4° | 89.5 mm | 12.6 | 1.4 cm | 310.0 hrs | 13.2 hrs | — | 75.7% | 16.0 km/h | 63.1% |
| Nov | 18.4° | 11.3° | 15.0° | 19.4° | 9.9° | 108.7 mm | 13.8 | 0.1 cm | 324.0 hrs | 14.5 hrs | — | 78.6% | 15.5 km/h | 63.8% |
| Dec | 19.9° | 13.2° | 16.7° | 21.6° | 12.2° | 173.1 mm | 14.5 | 0.0 cm | 325.5 hrs | 15.2 hrs | — | 80.0% | 15.7 km/h | 69.4% |