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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 11–22 °C (52–72 °F)
- J22°13°41
- F21°13°46
- M19°11°48
- A17°9°49
- M13°6°61
- J11°4°63
- J10°3°72
- A11°4°70
- S13°5°43
- O16°7°54
- N18°9°49
- D20°11°51
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
The Waimairi Walkway is a flat walk in a riverside and rural landscape.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 2.6 km · 1.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 2.2 km W of Belfast (Christchurch City, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- CCC
- From / to
- Groynes car park, off Johns Road (SH1) → Darroch street reserve
- Route centre
- -43.4471, 172.6178
- Route start
- -43.4516, 172.6066
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18195171
- Official info
- ccc.govt.nz/waimairi-walkway/
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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