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Queenstown Sea Temperature in January

New Zealand

December Queenstown year-round → February

Average sea temperature for Queenstown, New Zealand across January, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

16.86° C

High

20.96° C

Low

13.79° C

At this temperature, water will feel cold compared to a swimming pool, but with a bit of experience and practice most people will find the water relatively comfortable to swim in.

January is the 3rd warmest of 12 months at Queenstown. On average the water sits 2.0° than the year-round mean of 14.89° C.

Compared to December, January is 1.1° warmer than (15.74° C in December). By February the water is usually 17.42° C.

Queenstown Day-by-Day Water Temperature in January

10-year low, average and high

12.5° C
15.0° C
17.5° C
20.0° C
22.5° C
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5
10
15
20
25
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through January. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of January. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Queenstown.

A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.

January Water Temperature Table for Queenstown

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
January 1 16.52° C 14.68° C 18.69° C
January 2 16.64° C 14.73° C 18.7° C
January 3 16.7° C 14.66° C 18.75° C
January 4 16.61° C 14.52° C 18.84° C
January 5 16.44° C 14.42° C 19.03° C
January 6 16.19° C 13.89° C 19.42° C
January 7 16.22° C 13.88° C 19.89° C
January 8 16.24° C 13.85° C 20.27° C
January 9 16.37° C 13.85° C 20.39° C
January 10 16.43° C 13.82° C 20.34° C
January 11 16.62° C 14.44° C 20.22° C
January 12 16.77° C 14.58° C 20.3° C
January 13 16.89° C 14.67° C 20.66° C
January 14 17.06° C 14.64° C 20.88° C
January 15 17.27° C 14.45° C 20.95° C
January 16 17.49° C 14.5° C 20.96° C
January 17 17.6° C 14.73° C 20.78° C
January 18 17.68° C 14.79° C 20.75° C
January 19 17.7° C 14.73° C 20.71° C
January 20 17.64° C 14.85° C 20.25° C
January 21 17.48° C 14.69° C 19.79° C
January 22 17.27° C 14.35° C 19.62° C
January 23 17.06° C 13.83° C 19.69° C
January 24 16.84° C 13.94° C 19.9° C
January 25 16.64° C 13.79° C 19.97° C
January 26 16.59° C 14.1° C 20.28° C
January 27 16.6° C 14.56° C 19.98° C
January 28 16.65° C 14.9° C 19.92° C
January 29 16.71° C 14.85° C 19.95° C
January 30 16.83° C 14.94° C 19.98° C
January 31 16.95° C 15.03° C 19.95° C

Where January Sits in the Year

January highlighted

10.0° C
13.1° C
16.3° C
19.4° C
22.5° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
16.86° C
17.42° C
17.35° C
16.31° C
15.02° C
13.84° C
13.15° C
12.79° C
12.75° C
13.12° C
14.4° C
15.74° C
10-year monthly history for Queenstown. Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average
January → February → March → April → May → June → July → August → September → October → November → December →

Nearby Locations in January

Compare other New Zealand water for the same month

Queenstown Location

-45.0302, 168.6615

-45.03015, 168.66151 View on OpenStreetMap →

Queenstown sits at -45.0302°N, 168.6615°E, on the coast of New Zealand. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.

Coastlines bend, headlands focus the water, and the temperature can run noticeably differently between two beaches that look close together on a map. Comparing nearby locations is a quick way to see how local geography is shaping the readings.

Nearest locations to Queenstown