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CityCompass
Best time to be here: December to February. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
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Days 24 °C, nights 11 °C
253 h sunshine · 14.9 h daylight
67 mm rain · 66% humidity
Days 23 °C, nights 11 °C
221 h sunshine · 13.7 h daylight
58 mm rain · 68% humidity
Days 21 °C, nights 10 °C
207 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
61 mm rain · 73% humidity
Days 17 °C, nights 7 °C
164 h sunshine · 10.8 h daylight
77 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 14 °C, nights 5 °C
139 h sunshine · 9.5 h daylight
79 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 10 °C, nights 3 °C
117 h sunshine · 8.8 h daylight
80 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 10 °C, nights 2 °C
144 h sunshine · 9.1 h daylight
73 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 11 °C, nights 3 °C
170 h sunshine · 10.2 h daylight
70 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 14 °C, nights 4 °C
191 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
57 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 16 °C, nights 6 °C
228 h sunshine · 13.2 h daylight
78 mm rain · 78% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 8 °C
243 h sunshine · 14.6 h daylight
68 mm rain · 73% humidity
Days 22 °C, nights 10 °C
246 h sunshine · 15.2 h daylight
77 mm rain · 70% humidity
Living in Christchurch means living under New Zealand's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would New Zealand actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Transitional Tax Resident (TTR), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: December to February. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 24 °C, nights 11 °C
253 h sunshine · 14.9 h daylight
67 mm rain · 66% humidity
Days 23 °C, nights 11 °C
221 h sunshine · 13.7 h daylight
58 mm rain · 68% humidity
Days 21 °C, nights 10 °C
207 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
61 mm rain · 73% humidity
Days 17 °C, nights 7 °C
164 h sunshine · 10.8 h daylight
77 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 14 °C, nights 5 °C
139 h sunshine · 9.5 h daylight
79 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 10 °C, nights 3 °C
117 h sunshine · 8.8 h daylight
80 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 10 °C, nights 2 °C
144 h sunshine · 9.1 h daylight
73 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 11 °C, nights 3 °C
170 h sunshine · 10.2 h daylight
70 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 14 °C, nights 4 °C
191 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
57 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 16 °C, nights 6 °C
228 h sunshine · 13.2 h daylight
78 mm rain · 78% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 8 °C
243 h sunshine · 14.6 h daylight
68 mm rain · 73% humidity
Days 22 °C, nights 10 °C
246 h sunshine · 15.2 h daylight
77 mm rain · 70% humidity
Living in Christchurch means living under New Zealand's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would New Zealand actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Transitional Tax Resident (TTR), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)