This is what the weather is looking like for Christmas Day around New Zealand ...

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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!
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!