Christchurch
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Christchurch

New Zealand · Canterbury Region

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of 407,800, and a metropolitan population of 556,500. It is located in the Canterbury Region, near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, east of the Canterbury Plains. It is located near the southern end of Pegasus Bay, and is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean and to the south by the ancient volcanic complex of the Banks Peninsula.

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Weather by month in Christchurch

MonthHighLowRain
Jan35.3°C5.6°C67 mm
Feb37.3°C5.4°C58 mm
Mar32.6°C4.4°C61 mm
Apr26.5°C1.4°C77 mm
May24.4°C-1.3°C79 mm
Jun19.2°C-5.4°C80 mm
Jul18.7°C-2.8°C73 mm
Aug21.5°C-2°C70 mm
Sep22.5°C-2.1°C57 mm
Oct25.4°C-1.5°C78 mm
Nov30.2°C0.5°C68 mm
Dec33.6°C2.7°C77 mm

Average daily high and low (°C) and rain per month (mm). Source: NASA POWER.

Practical facts

Local time
UTC+13 · 19 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region
Canterbury Region
Main language
English
On the map
43.53° S, 172.64° E

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