Nelson weather in July

In July, Nelson sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 110 mm of precipitation across 9.4 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of July to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Nelson's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nelson's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 110 mm; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 8:54 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 7th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 1.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.5; out of 10

Nelson is city on the South Island, New Zealand.

Density: 122/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1841

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 10°C through the month.

A typical July day in Nelson reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 12°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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Nelson weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 14°	102	9.8	14.6	6.3
Feb	20° / 14°	80	8.1	13.7	6.5
Mar	18° / 13°	93	8.8	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 11°	108	10.5	10.9	4.9
May	13° / 9°	120	10.7	9.7	3.9
Jun	11° / 7°	127	10.6	9.1	2.8
Jul	10° / 6°	110	9.4	9.3	2.5
Aug	11° / 6°	114	11.8	10.3	2.6
Sep	12° / 7°	117	12.2	11.7	3.2
Oct	14° / 9°	131	13	13.1	3.9
Nov	16° / 10°	109	11.6	14.3	4.7
Dec	18° / 13°	125	12.8	14.9	5.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	53	53	52	53	53	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	52
Cloudier (%)	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	48	47	47	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48

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

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Nelson gets around 110 mm of rain and snow over 9.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 31% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35

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

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 9 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of July to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:59 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:25 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)	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:59	8:58	8:58	8:58	8:58	8:58	8:57	8:57	8:57	8:56	8:56	8:56	8:55	8:55	8:54	8:54	8:53	8:52	8:52	8:51	8:50	8:49	8:49	8:48	8:47	8:46	8:45	8:44	8:43	8:42	8:41
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	8:59	6:02
2	9.1	8:58	6:02
3	9.1	8:58	6:03
4	9.1	8:58	6:03
5	9.1	8:58	6:04
6	9.1	8:58	6:04
7	9.1	8:57	6:05
8	9.1	8:57	6:06
9	9.2	8:57	6:06
10	9.2	8:56	6:07
11	9.2	8:56	6:08
12	9.2	8:56	6:08
13	9.2	8:55	6:09
14	9.3	8:55	6:10
15	9.3	8:54	6:11
16	9.3	8:54	6:11
17	9.3	8:53	6:12
18	9.3	8:52	6:13
19	9.4	8:52	6:14
20	9.4	8:51	6:15
21	9.4	8:50	6:16
22	9.4	8:49	6:16
23	9.5	8:49	6:17
24	9.5	8:48	6:18
25	9.5	8:47	6:19
26	9.6	8:46	6:20
27	9.6	8:45	6:21
28	9.6	8:44	6:22
29	9.7	8:43	6:23
30	9.7	8:42	6:24
31	9.7	8:41	6:25

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.86 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)	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	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	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.7	Dim
2	1.7	Dim
3	1.7	Dim
4	1.7	Dim
5	1.7	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	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	1.9	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	2.0	Dim
24	2.0	Dim
25	2.0	Moderate
26	2.0	Moderate
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Nelson?

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

2.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nelson.

What to pack for Nelson in July

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

In July, Nelson sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Nelson in July

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 18 km away) is warmest in February at about 20°C and coldest in August near 12°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	17	15	14	12	12	12	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	17	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Nelson 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 Nelson peaks around January 1 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	6	4	2	1	2	3	4	6	9	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Nelson?

Nelson sits at 41.3°S, 173.3°E, 11 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Stoke, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Nelson

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nelson has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m around an average of 62 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,211 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,095 m.

The land around Nelson is covered by trees (42%) and water (32%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and water (38%) within 16 km, and trees (48%), water (28%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

403 m

trees 42%

16 km

1,211 m

trees 46%

80 km

2,095 m

trees 48%

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

July weather nearby: Stoke 7.0 km · Richmond 11 km · Picton 61 km · Blenheim 62 km · Karori 122 km · Wellington 125 km · Kaikoura 132 km · Porirua 132 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 Nelson (-41.2708°, 173.284°, elevation 11 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	10	6
2	10	6
3	10	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	10	6
21	10	6
22	10	6
23	10	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	6
30	11	6
31	11	6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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