Meteor shower
Perseids
Not visible from New Zealand
The northern hemisphere's summer showpiece — and a shower New Zealand simply cannot see.
Computed from standard astronomical algorithms · Shower parameters: IMO working list of visual meteor showers · Reviewed Oct 2026 · Method
From New Zealand
The world's most-searched meteor shower is, from New Zealand, essentially a non-event. The radiant sits at +58° declination and never rises from anywhere in the country. Any page promising you 100 Perseids an hour in August is a northern-hemisphere page that has not been adapted. Watch the Delta Aquariids instead — they run at the same time and are genuinely visible from here.
You cannot see this one from New Zealand
The radiant never rises here. If a guide has told you otherwise, it was written for the northern hemisphere. See what is actually visible instead.