Expected January weather: Queenstown is typically hot and dry with temperatures in the high 20s or mid 30 degrees.  Bring your sunscreen! The sun is high forming high-contrast shadows and days are long. Earnslaw Burn waterfalls will be in full flow with melting runoff from the glacier. Generally most rocky locations will be dry and locations with grass and tussocks will be crisp and golden. Alpine lakes like Lake Isobel, Lake Erskine and Lake Hope will be melted and full of water.

1st January Sunrise 6am / Sunset 9.30pm approx