Here's what the weather around New Zealand is looking like on Christmas Day

It's about this time of year that we look to the future and wonder what the weather will be like for Christmas Day …

Luckily we have trawled through MetService, so you don’t have to!

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It seems like the South Island is the place you want to be for a sunny Christmas, while many locations around the North Island are set to be cloudy and raining.

The good news is North Islanders get to wear their ugly Christmas sweaters inside …

Check out the full forecast for December 25 … fingers crossed is fines up a bit before now and the big day!

NORTH ISLAND

Kaitaia

Forecast for: Rain
High: 23°C
Low: 17°C
Overview: Rain, with some heavy falls. Strong north-easterlies.

Whangarei

Forecast for: Rain
High: 23°C
Low: 18°C
Overview: Rain, with some heavy falls. Strong north-easterlies.

Auckland

Forecast for: Rain
High: 24°C
Low: 17°C
Overview: Rain developing, possibly heavy. North-easterlies becoming strong.

Hamilton

Forecast for: Cloudy with a chance of showers
High: 23°C
Low: 15°C
Overview: Becoming cloudy. Rain and north-easterlies developing later.

Tauranga

Forecast for: Light showers
High: 22°C
Low: 17°C
Overview: Rain developing, chance heavy later. North-easterlies.

Rotorua

Forecast for: Light showers
High: 20°C
Low: 14°C
Overview: Becoming cloudy. Rain and north-easterlies developing.

Taupo

Forecast for: Light showers
High: 21°C
Low: 12°C
Overview: Becoming cloudy. Rain and north-easterlies developing.

New Plymouth

Forecast for: Cloudy
High: 23°C
Low: 15°C
Overview: Cloud increasing. Easterlies.

Gisborne

Forecast for: Cloudy
High: 24°C
Low: 14°C
Overview: Cloud gradually increasing. Northerlies.

Napier

Forecast for: Cloudy
High: 24°C
Low: 16°C
Overview: Cloud gradually increasing. North-easterlies.

Palmerston North

Forecast for: Rain
High: 25°C
Low: 15°C
Overview: Rain with north-easterlies.

Wellington

Forecast for: Partly cloudy
High: 23°C
Low: 15°C
Overview: High cloud increasing. Northerlies strengthening.

SOUTH ISLAND

Nelson

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 23°C
Low: 13°C
Overview: Fine with light winds.

Blenheim

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 26°C
Low: 10°C
Overview: Fine. Northeast breezes.

Greymouth

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 21°C
Low: 11°C
Overview: Fine. Southwest breezes.

Kaikoura

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 23°C
Low: 12°C
Overview: Fine with northeast winds.

Christchurch

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 24°C
Low: 10°C
Overview: Fine with north-easterlies.

Timaru

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 22°C
Low: 10°C
Overview: Fine with northeast breezes.

Queenstown

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 26°C
Low: 9°C
Overview: Fine. Westerlies.

Dunedin

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 22°C
Low: 13°C
Overview: Fine with northeast breezes.

Invercargill

Forecast for: Sunny
High: 23°C
Low: 11°C
Overview: Fine. Northwest winds.

Merry Christmas, New Zealand!