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New Zealand
Climate
The latitude of New Zealand roughly corresponds to Spain's in the northern hemisphere. Nonetheless, the climate gets a much milder character given its remoteness from continental influences and exposure to ocean currents and chilly southerly winds. Since seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere, summer hits between December and March, and winter between June and September. The climate throughout the country is mainly maritime, mild and temperate, with temperatures rarely falling below 0 °C or rising above 30 °C in inhabited areas. Conditions vary widely across areas from extremely wet on the western coast of the South Island to semi-arid in the Mackenzie Basin at the foot of the New Zealand Alps, and subtropical in the North Island's peninsula (from an average 13°C in winter to 23°C in summer). Of the main cities, Christchurch is the driest, receiving only 640 mm of rain year-round; Auckland, the wettest, receives twice that amount. The southern and south-western parts of South Island have a cooler and cloudier climate and skiing is a common activity in winter; though its northern and north-eastern parts are the sunniest areas of the country.
