Although Mount Cook does experience heavy snowfall, it is generally a climate that can be enjoyed all year round. However, it receives a lot of rain and the weather is unstable, so be sure to be well prepared.

Mount Cook Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Highest Temperature 17 18 17 14 10 8 6 6 8 10 12 15 Lowest Temperature 9 10 9 7 5 3 2 2 3 3 5 8 Precipitation 260 171 204 199 213 204 175 201 235 269 207 284 　Sydney Highest Temperature 26 26 25 23 20 18 17 18 20 22 24 26 Lowest Temperature 19 19 18 15 12 10 8 9 12 14 16 18 Precipitation 131 126 164 133 101 140 56 99 65 88 116 85 Precipitation number of days 13 13 14 13 14 12 12 11 11 12 12 13

New Zealand 　Auckland 　Christchurch 　Hokitika 　Invercargill 　Napier 　New Plymouth 　Queenstown 　Rotorua 　Te Anau 　Wellington 　 Other New Zealand cities	The time difference of Mount Cook is UTC+12 UTC+13 for daylight saving time Local time Daylight savings time UTC 0:00 1:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 13:00 2:00 3:00 14:00 3:00 4:00 15:00 4:00 5:00 16:00 5:00 6:00 17:00 6:00 7:00 18:00 7:00 8:00 19:00 8:00 9:00 20:00 9:00 10:00 21:00 10:00 11:00 22:00 11:00 12:00 23:00 12:00 13:00 0:00 13:00 14:00 1:00 14:00 15:00 2:00 15:00 16:00 3:00 16:00 17:00 4:00 17:00 18:00 5:00 18:00 19:00 6:00 19:00 20:00 7:00 20:00 21:00 8:00 21:00 22:00 9:00 22:00 23:00 10:00 23:00 0:00 11:00