Weather in Queenstown in December 2024
Average weather
Average temperature in Queenstown in December
Going from a maximum of +25°C during the day to a minimum of +3°C during the night, the temperature in December averages around +20°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 27% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +21°C to +15°C.
Is Queenstown warm or cold in December?
Queenstown is typically mild in December.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +15°C to +18°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from +6°C to +9°C.
Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.
December is one of the warmest months in Queenstown, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Queenstown in December
| November | December | January | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +15°C | +18°C | +19°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -7°C | -1°C | 0°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +26°C | +28°C | +29°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 120 mm | 137 mm | 133 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 1 m/s | 1 m/s | 1 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 76% | 75% | 74% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1010 HPa | 1010 HPa | 1011 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 9 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 19 | 21 | 19 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting warmer as December arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +15°C to +18°C during the day. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 120 mm to 137 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 76% to 75%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 1 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 1 sunny days during the month.
But maybe it is worth considering traveling in January as the weather gets better.
Wind
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 3 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Queenstown is gradually increasing during December, going from 1 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
How was the weather last December in Queenstown?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Queenstown in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+11°C) and the highest in 2020 (+14°C). The driest year was 2017 with only 1002 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1988 with 1607 mm.
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Monthly weather in Queenstown
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Queenstown, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.