Taupo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇿 New Zealand · small town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Taupo is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with January and March close behind. Taupo averages about 2,194 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 63 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,194
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 967 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 27k
- Elevation
- 400 m
When is the best time to visit Taupo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Taupo is February, then January and March. The dullest month is July (12/100, 99 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Taupo?
Taupo gets a moderate 2,194 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate February (80) from July (12), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #20 of 26 destinations in New Zealand for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,342 hours. The year's 967 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 71 mm | 10 |
| February | 80 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 63 mm | 8 |
| March | 79 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 70 mm | 7 |
| April | 57 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 88 mm | 4 |
| May | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 90 mm | 2 |
| June | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 101 mm | 1 |
| July | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 99 mm | 1 |
| August | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 87 mm | 2 |
| September | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 77 mm | 4 |
| October | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 78 mm | 6 |
| November | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 57 mm | 8 |
| December | 76 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 86 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Napier New Zealand · 105 km · best in Feb · 2,256 h sun/yr
- Tauranga New Zealand · 119 km · best in Jan · 2,513 h sun/yr
- New Plymouth New Zealand · 168 km · best in Jan · 2,321 h sun/yr
- Palmerston North New Zealand · 180 km · best in Jan · 2,196 h sun/yr
- Auckland New Zealand · 223 km · best in Jan · 2,479 h sun/yr
- Wellington New Zealand · 308 km · best in Feb · 2,510 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rotorua New Zealand · 73 km · 2,193 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Whakatāne New Zealand · 116 km · 2,513 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Hamilton (New Zealand) New Zealand · 117 km · 2,216 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Wanganui New Zealand · 164 km · 2,180 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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