Upper Hutt weather in July

In July, Upper Hutt sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 84 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-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 28% 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 Upper Hutt's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Upper Hutt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
8:46 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
60%
10th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
1.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Upper Hutt is city in Wellington Region, New Zealand.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 10.1 µg/m³ · 2012
Density
87/km²
people per km²
Founded
1966

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

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 Upper Hutt reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Upper Hutt weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 14°588.314.66.3
Feb19° / 14°567.313.66.6
Mar18° / 13°598.112.36.2
Apr16° / 11°709.710.95.1
May14° / 7010.49.74.1
Jun12° / 8811.99.13.1
Jul11° / 84129.32.7
Aug12° / 8113.310.42.8
Sep13° / 7611.611.73.4
Oct14° / 8811.713.13.9
Nov15° / 11°7310.514.34.7
Dec17° / 12°6910.614.95.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Upper Hutt gets around 84 mm of rain over 12 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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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.

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Wind in July

Winds average 19 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

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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 8:51 AM to 8:34 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.18:515:55
29.18:515:56
39.18:515:56
49.18:515:57
59.18:505:57
69.18:505:58
79.18:505:58
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149.38:476:03
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169.38:466:05
179.38:466:05
189.48:456:06
199.48:446:07
209.48:446:08
219.48:436:09
229.58:426:10
239.58:416:11
249.58:406:11
259.58:406:12
269.68:396:13
279.68:386:14
289.68:376:15
299.78:366:16
309.78:356:17
319.78:346:18

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.16 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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272.0Moderate
282.0Moderate
292.1Moderate
302.1Moderate
312.1Moderate
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Upper Hutt?

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

2.7
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 Upper Hutt.

What to pack for Upper Hutt in July

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

In July, Upper Hutt sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Upper Hutt 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 27 km away) is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

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

10°12°14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr15Cool
May14Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul12Bracing
Aug12Bracing
Sep12Bracing
Oct13Bracing
Nov14Bracing
Dec15Cool

UV index in Upper Hutt 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 Upper Hutt 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateLowModerateVery highExtremeJan 1UV 11Jun 17UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar6High
Apr4Moderate
May2Low
Jun1Low
Jul2Low
Aug3Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct6High
Nov10Very high
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Upper Hutt?

Upper Hutt sits at 41.1°S, 175.1°E, 60 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Lower Hutt, 14 km away.

Topography around Upper Hutt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Upper Hutt has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m around an average of 104 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 852 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,512 m.

The land around Upper Hutt is covered by trees (43%), grassland (33%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and water (54%), trees (24%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
258 m
16 km
852 m
80 km
1,512 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Lower Hutt 14 km · Wainuiomata 17 km · Porirua 17 km · Paraparaumu 25 km · Wellington 28 km · Karori 30 km · Masterton 55 km · Levin 59 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
no religion 49%Christian 37%objected to answering 7%Hindu 3%

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 Upper Hutt (-41.1383°, 175.0502°, 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).