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New Plymouth weather by month

New Plymouth runs from about 10°C in July to 19°C in January, with August the wettest month at 249 mm.

warmest month

January

19°C

coolest month

July

10°C

wettest month

August

249 mm

worst air month

October

7 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for New Plymouth
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January19°C111 mm356 h6
February18°C72 mm339 h6
March16°C87 mm301 h5
April15°C171 mm263 h4
May12°C84 mm248 h4
June12°C117 mm205 h4
July10°C194 mm208 h3
August11°C249 mm228 h4
September12°C151 mm279 h6
October14°C145 mm309 h7
November15°C90 mm304 h7
December17°C95 mm343 h6

About 3,383 hours of sun a year. Roughly 157 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.