Napier weather in July

In July, Napier sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 92 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 12 min at the start of July to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Napier's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Napier's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 92 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 8:34 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 11th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 1.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Napier is city in the North Island of New Zealand.

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 13.7 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 626/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1851

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical July day in Napier reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	8
6	13	8
7	13	8
8	13	8
9	13	8
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	8
19	13	8
20	13	8
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	13	8
25	13	8
26	13	8
27	13	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8
31	13	8

Napier weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 16°	63	7.7	14.5	7.0
Feb	22° / 17°	56	8	13.6	6.8
Mar	20° / 15°	65	8.2	12.3	6.7
Apr	18° / 13°	80	8.8	11	6.1
May	16° / 11°	65	9.1	9.9	5.2
Jun	14° / 9°	79	10.1	9.3	4.1
Jul	13° / 8°	92	11.1	9.5	3.5
Aug	13° / 8°	71	10.6	10.4	3.8
Sep	15° / 9°	62	9.4	11.7	4.6
Oct	16° / 11°	63	9.3	13	5.4
Nov	18° / 13°	58	8.8	14.2	6.1
Dec	20° / 15°	58	9.3	14.7	6.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	52	52	50	50	49	49	48	47	47	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	52	53	53	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56
Cloudier (%)	48	48	50	50	51	51	52	53	53	54	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	49	48	47	47	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Napier gets around 92 mm of rain over 11.1 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	38
9	39
10	39
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 16 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	17	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 12 min at the start of July to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:38 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:15 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:35	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.2	8:38	5:53
2	9.3	8:38	5:53
3	9.3	8:38	5:54
4	9.3	8:38	5:54
5	9.3	8:38	5:55
6	9.3	8:38	5:55
7	9.3	8:37	5:56
8	9.3	8:37	5:57
9	9.3	8:37	5:57
10	9.4	8:37	5:58
11	9.4	8:36	5:59
12	9.4	8:36	5:59
13	9.4	8:35	6:00
14	9.4	8:35	6:01
15	9.4	8:34	6:01
16	9.5	8:34	6:02
17	9.5	8:33	6:03
18	9.5	8:33	6:04
19	9.5	8:32	6:04
20	9.6	8:32	6:05
21	9.6	8:31	6:06
22	9.6	8:30	6:07
23	9.6	8:29	6:08
24	9.7	8:29	6:08
25	9.7	8:28	6:09
26	9.7	8:27	6:10
27	9.7	8:26	6:11
28	9.8	8:25	6:12
29	9.8	8:24	6:13
30	9.8	8:23	6:14
31	9.9	8:22	6:15

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.8	Dim
2	1.8	Dim
3	1.8	Dim
4	1.8	Dim
5	1.8	Dim
6	1.8	Dim
7	1.8	Dim
8	1.8	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	2.0	Dim
20	2.0	Dim
21	2.0	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.1	Moderate
24	2.1	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Napier?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Napier.

What to pack for Napier in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Napier sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Napier in July

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 22 km away) is warmest in February at about 20°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	19	20	19	18	16	14	13	13	13	14	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	20	Cool
Mar	19	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Napier in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Napier peaks around January 13 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	7	5	2	2	2	3	4	7	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Napier?

Napier sits at 39.5°S, 176.9°E, 6 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Hastings, 17 km away.

Topography around Napier

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Napier.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Napier has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,719 m.

The land around Napier is covered by water (52%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, water (51%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%), water (32%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

water 52%

16 km

366 m

water 51%

80 km

1,719 m

grassland 37%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← June Napier year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Hastings 17 km · Taupo 115 km · Gisborne 133 km · Palmerston North 147 km · Rotorua 161 km · Whanganui 167 km · Whakatane 171 km · Levin 188 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Napier (-39.4926°, 176.9123°, elevation 6 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	8
6	13	8
7	13	8
8	13	8
9	13	8
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	8
19	13	8
20	13	8
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	13	8
25	13	8
26	13	8
27	13	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8
31	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	38
9	39
10	39
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	8
6	13	8
7	13	8
8	13	8
9	13	8
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	8
19	13	8
20	13	8
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	13	8
25	13	8
26	13	8
27	13	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8
31	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	38
9	39
10	39
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	8
6	13	8
7	13	8
8	13	8
9	13	8
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	8
19	13	8
20	13	8
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	13	8
25	13	8
26	13	8
27	13	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8
31	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	38
9	39
10	39
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100