Rolleston weather in July

In July, Rolleston sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of July to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Rolleston's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rolleston's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 06 min; 9:04 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 1.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Rolleston is town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Density: 1,545/km²; people per km²

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 11°C through the month.

A typical July day in Rolleston reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°C cooler than 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3

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

How July really feels in Rolleston

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Rolleston weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 12°	53	8.1	14.9	6.8
Feb	22° / 12°	41	6.1	13.8	7.1
Mar	20° / 10°	44	6.5	12.4	6.8
Apr	17° / 8°	51	8.4	10.8	5.7
May	14° / 5°	48	8	9.5	4.4
Jun	11° / 3°	58	9	8.8	3.0
Jul	11° / 2°	54	8.2	9.1	2.8
Aug	12° / 3°	54	9.8	10.2	3.4
Sep	14° / 5°	50	9.4	11.7	4.4
Oct	16° / 7°	57	10.8	13.2	5.1
Nov	18° / 8°	57	9.8	14.5	5.9
Dec	20° / 11°	59	9.8	15.2	6.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 50%.

	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	53	52	52	52	52	52	51	50	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	49
Cloudier (%)	48	48	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	50	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	51

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

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Rolleston gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 27% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28

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

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 10 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	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	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of July to 9 h 30 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 9:10 AM to 8:51 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:22 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)	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:09	9:09	9:09	9:08	9:08	9:08	9:07	9:07	9:06	9:06	9:05	9:04	9:04	9:03	9:02	9:01	9:01	9:00	8:59	8:58	8:57	8:56	8:55	8:54	8:53	8:52	8:51
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.8	9:10	5:58
2	8.8	9:10	5:58
3	8.8	9:10	5:59
4	8.8	9:10	5:59
5	8.8	9:09	6:00
6	8.9	9:09	6:00
7	8.9	9:09	6:01
8	8.9	9:08	6:02
9	8.9	9:08	6:02
10	8.9	9:08	6:03
11	8.9	9:07	6:04
12	9.0	9:07	6:05
13	9.0	9:06	6:05
14	9.0	9:06	6:06
15	9.0	9:05	6:07
16	9.1	9:04	6:08
17	9.1	9:04	6:09
18	9.1	9:03	6:10
19	9.1	9:02	6:10
20	9.2	9:01	6:11
21	9.2	9:01	6:12
22	9.2	9:00	6:13
23	9.3	8:59	6:14
24	9.3	8:58	6:15
25	9.3	8:57	6:16
26	9.4	8:56	6:17
27	9.4	8:55	6:18
28	9.4	8:54	6:19
29	9.5	8:53	6:20
30	9.5	8:52	6:21
31	9.5	8:51	6:22

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.68 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)	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0
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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.5	Dim
2	1.5	Dim
3	1.5	Dim
4	1.5	Dim
5	1.5	Dim
6	1.5	Dim
7	1.6	Dim
8	1.6	Dim
9	1.6	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.6	Dim
12	1.6	Dim
13	1.6	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.8	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Rolleston?

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

2.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rolleston.

What to pack for Rolleston in July

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

In July, Rolleston sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Rolleston in July

The nearest coast averages about 9°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 32 km away) is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in August near 9°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)	17	17	16	14	13	11	9	9	10	12	14	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	14	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	9	Bracing
Aug	9	Bracing
Sep	10	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Rolleston 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 Rolleston peaks around January 16 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	3	2	1	2	2	4	6	8	10
Level	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	6	High
Apr	3	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	2	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	10	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Rolleston?

Rolleston sits at 43.6°S, 172.4°E, 60 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Christchurch, 21 km away.

Topography around Rolleston

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rolleston has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 59 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,161 m.

The land around Rolleston is covered by grassland (42%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and water (37%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

45 m

grassland 42%

16 km

166 m

grassland 52%

80 km

2,161 m

water 37%

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

July weather nearby: Christchurch 21 km · Rangiora 35 km · Ashburton 63 km · Timaru 128 km · Tekapo 160 km · Kaikoura 167 km · Franz Josef 179 km · Richmond 259 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 Rolleston (-43.5833°, 172.3833°, elevation 60 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	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	11	2
6	11	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	11	2
12	11	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	11	2
28	12	3
29	12	3
30	12	3
31	12	3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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