Towns and Cities weather

North Island

Valid until midnight on Thursday, 8 January 2026:

Auckland

  • High: 23

Mainly fine, the odd morning shower possible in the west. Southwesterlies.

Gisborne

  • High: 23

Fine. Light winds with afternoon sea breezes.

Hamilton

  • High: 26

Fine. Southwesterlies.

Hastings

  • High: 26

Fine. Light winds, afternoon sea breezes.

Kaitaia

  • High: 24

Fine, but the chance of a morning shower. Southerlies.

Levin

  • High: 25

Morning cloud, clearing to fine. Northwesterlies.

Masterton

  • High: 29

Mainly fine, but a chance of an afternoon shower. Light winds.

Napier

  • High: 24

Fine. Light winds, afternoon sea breezes.

New Plymouth

  • High: 24

Morning cloud clearing to fine. Southwesterlies.

Palmerston North

  • High: 26

Morning cloud, clearing to fine. Northwesterlies.

Paraparaumu

  • High: 23

Morning cloud, clearing to fine. Northerlies.

Rotorua

  • High: 27

Mainly fine, but the chance of an afternoon or evening shower. Light winds.

Taumarunui

  • High: 28

Some morning and evening cloud, otherwise fine. Southwesterlies, easing at night.

Taupō

  • High: 26

Fine, then patchy cloud developing with the chance of a shower from mid-afternoon. Southwesterlies.

Tauranga

  • High: 29

Fine. Southwesterlies.

Whanganui

  • High: 25

Morning cloud, clearing to fine. Westerlies.

Wellington

  • High: 24

Fine. Light winds, northerlies developing in the evening.

Whangārei

  • High: 25

Fine. Easterlies, turning southwesterly in the afternoon.

South Island

Valid until midnight on Thursday, 8 January 2026:

Alexandra

  • High: 26

High cloud increasing, then periods of rain developing in the afternoon. Northwesterlies developing in the afternoon.

Blenheim

  • High: 27

Fine. Easterlies developing in the afternoon.

Christchurch

  • High: 24

Mainly fine, but areas of morning and evening cloud. Northeasterlies, turning northwesterly in the evening.

Dunedin

  • High: 22

Cloudy periods, with rain for a time late afternoon and early evening. Northeasterlies, turning northwesterly late afternoon.

Greymouth

  • High: 21

Cloudy periods, with the chance of a morning shower and a few spots of rain in the evening. Westerlies.

Invercargill

  • High: 22

Cloud increasing, with a chance of a shower before dawn, turning to periods of rain in the afternoon. Northwesterlies.

Kaikōura

  • High: 23

Fine. Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.

Nelson

  • High: 24

A fine day. Southwesterlies, turning northerly for a time in the afternoon.

Oamaru

  • High: 22

Cloudy periods, with the odd shower from late afternoon. Northerlies.

Queenstown

  • High: 21

Cloud increasing, with a few periods of rain in the afternoon and evening. Westerlies developing in the afternoon.

Timaru

  • High: 23

Morning cloud clearing to fine, then high cloud increasing with a chance of an evening shower. Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.

Wānaka

  • High: 24

Cloud increasing, with a few periods of rain in the afternoon and evening. Northwesterlies developing in the afternoon, strong for a time.

Westport

  • High: 22

Cloudy periods. A chance of a shower in the morning and again at night. Westerlies developing in the afternoon.

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