Invercargill climate — normals and trends
Invercargill (New Zealand) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,214 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (14.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Invercargill averages 5 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.
Invercargill has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.0 °C (on 14 January 2018) and the coldest -3.7 °C (on 9 July 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
InvercargillSouthland
- coords
- -46.40°, 168.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,214mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
27.9km/h
Seasonal range
7.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
190 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
44.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
29.0 °C
14 January 2018
Coldest day
-3.7 °C
9 July 1942
Wettest day
75 mm
1 February 2018
Windiest day
82.4 km/h
23 October 2007
Strongest gust
139.0 km/h
16 September 1945
Hottest feels-like
31.5 °C
3 February 2016
Coldest feels-like
-8.5 °C
19 August 1951
Snowiest day
5.1 cm
13 August 2004
Sunniest day
15.6 h
28 December 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 58 mm | -55 mm |
| Feb | 19.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 42 mm | -52 mm |
| Mar | 17.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 117 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 60 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 13.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 106 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 10.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 85 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 10.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 30 mm | -54 mm |
| Aug | 11.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 69 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 12.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 185 mm | +87 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 184 mm | +69 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 132 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 16.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 117 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Invercargill?
Invercargill has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,214 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Invercargill?
The hottest day measured in Invercargill between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 2018, reaching 29.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Invercargill?
The coldest day measured in Invercargill between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1942, at -3.7 °C.
Does it snow in Invercargill?
Yes. Invercargill gets on average 1.2 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of Invercargill warmed?
Yes: Invercargill warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Invercargill?
The wettest day measured in Invercargill between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2018, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Invercargill?
The windiest day measured in Invercargill between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 2007, with winds reaching 82.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Invercargill?
The warmest month in Invercargill is January (14.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Invercargill?
Invercargill receives on average 1,214 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Invercargill?
Invercargill gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Invercargill?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Invercargill between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2004, with 5.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Invercargill?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Invercargill.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Invercargill?
In Invercargill, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.5 °C on 3 February 2016, and the lowest was -8.5 °C on 19 August 1951.
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