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Wind & weather forecast Queenstown

Nearby spots (within 25 km)

  • Skyline Gondola
    2km
  • Arthurs Point
    5km
  • Bowen Peak
    5km
  • Frankton
    6km
  • Queenstown Airport
    6km
    Weather station
    Live measurements
  • Frankton/Lake Wakatipu
    6km
    Weather station
  • Closeburn/Wilson Bay
    8km
    Weather station
    Live measurements

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General

This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Queenstown in Otago, New Zealand. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.

Forecast

This forecast is based on the GFS model. Forecasts are available worldwide. The horizontal resolution is about 13 km. Forecasts are computed 4 times a day, at about 5:00 PM, 11:00 PM, 5:00 AM and 11:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 3 hours for up to 10 days into the future. The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.

Check the wind forecast for Queenstown when you search for the best travel destinations for your kiteboarding, windsurfing or sailing vacations in New Zealand. Or use our wind forecast to find the wind speed today in Queenstown or to have a look at the wind direction tomorrow at Queenstown.

Units

We use knots and degrees Celsius as our default units. These units are often used by sailors, kiters, surfers, windsurfers and paragliders. Use website settings to switch between units and 7 different languages at any time. For converting between wind speed units such as knots, km/h (kilometers per hour), m/s (meters per second), and mph (miles per hour) use our wind speed calculator.

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