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Taupo weather by month

Taupo runs from about 7°C in July to 18°C in January, with October the wettest month at 146 mm.

warmest month

January

18°C

coolest month

July

7°C

wettest month

October

146 mm

worst air month

November

4 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Taupo
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January18°C137 mm356 h3
February17°C59 mm331 h4
March13°C78 mm306 h3
April12°C67 mm253 h3
May9°C83 mm261 h3
June8°C99 mm201 h2
July7°C98 mm202 h2
August8°C95 mm224 h2
September9°C102 mm288 h3
October11°C146 mm309 h3
November13°C99 mm324 h4
December17°C95 mm340 h4

About 3,395 hours of sun a year. Roughly 118 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.