Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Nelson is from July, August, September, but considering flight prices and crowds, the best months to visit are May, July, September. — variable climate
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| Score | 9 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 79 | 79 | 92 | 87 | 88 | 58 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Polar | Polar | Cold | Cold | Mild | Mild | Pleasant | Pleasant | Pleasant | Cold | Cold | Cold |
| Temperature | -4–2°C | -5–3°C | -2–8°C | 1–12°C | 7–20°C | 11–24°C | 16–30°C | 16–30°C | 12–24°C | 7–15°C | 1–6°C | -3–3°C |
| Feels like | -7–0°C | -8–0°C | -5–6°C | -2–10°C | 5–18°C | 10–24°C | 16–30°C | 16–29°C | 12–23°C | 5–14°C | -2–3°C | -6–0°C |
| Precipitation | 100mm 15 days | 66mm 13 days | 51mm 16 days | 57mm 15 days | 84mm 14 days | 83mm 15 days | 26mm 7 days | 58mm 7 days | 40mm 9 days | 72mm 13 days | 114mm 16 days | 96mm 15 days |
| Sunshine | 2.3h ☀︎ 26% | 4.8h ☀︎ 47% | 7.6h ☀︎ 64% | 9.7h ☀︎ 70% | 10.2h ☀︎ 67% | 12.3h ☀︎ 76% | 14.6h ☀︎ 93% | 12.4h ☀︎ 86% | 10.3h ☀︎ 82% | 6.6h ☀︎ 61% | 2.5h ☀︎ 28% | 2.0h ☀︎ 25% |
| Wind | SE · 5 km/h | SE · 6 km/h | SE · 7 km/h | S · 9 km/h | S · 9 km/h | SW · 10 km/h | SW · 10 km/h | SW · 10 km/h | S · 9 km/h | SE · 7 km/h | S · 6 km/h | SE · 6 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 88% | 80% | 73% | 67% | 70% | 68% | 54% | 59% | 70% | 81% | 89% | 90% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 25% | 33% | 23% | 25% | 39% | 12% | 0% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 7d | 8d | 6d | 6d | 7d | 7d | 13d | 13d | 11d | 8d | 6d | 7d |
| Sunny streak | 6d | 8d | 9d | 15d | 17d | 18d | 28d | 26d | 17d | 11d | 6d | 4d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 7% | 5% | 1% | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 73% | 72% | 45% | 17% | — | — | — | — | — | 2% | 32% | 75% |
| Temperature | +1.4° | -1.4° | +1.3° | +0.7° | +1.3° | +1.2° | +1.4° | +1.9° | +1.6° | +2.5° | +0.1° | +2.3° |
| Rainfall | Stable | Stable | Getting drier | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 10% | 20% | 43% | 43% | 25% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 27% | 33% | 24% | 29% | 43% | 14% | 0% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 9% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 7% | 34% | 30% | 24% | 12% | 6% | 7% |
| Heavy rain | 1% | 1% | 1% | — | 1% | 2% | — | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Snow days | 66% | 65% | 66% | 50% | 17% | 4% | — | — | 4% | 31% | 66% | 69% |
| Day length | 8.7h | 10.1h | 11.9h | 13.8h | 15.4h | 16.2h | 15.8h | 14.4h | 12.6h | 10.7h | 9.1h | 8.2h |
| Tourist Crowds | Low season | Low season | Low season | Low season | Shoulder season | High season | High season | High season | High season | Low season | Low season | Shoulder season |