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.
| Month | Avg temp | Rain | Sun | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 137 mm | 356 h | 3 |
| February | 17°C | 59 mm | 331 h | 4 |
| March | 13°C | 78 mm | 306 h | 3 |
| April | 12°C | 67 mm | 253 h | 3 |
| May | 9°C | 83 mm | 261 h | 3 |
| June | 8°C | 99 mm | 201 h | 2 |
| July | 7°C | 98 mm | 202 h | 2 |
| August | 8°C | 95 mm | 224 h | 2 |
| September | 9°C | 102 mm | 288 h | 3 |
| October | 11°C | 146 mm | 309 h | 3 |
| November | 13°C | 99 mm | 324 h | 4 |
| December | 17°C | 95 mm | 340 h | 4 |
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.
where these numbers come from
- · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
- · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.
Last reviewed 2026-05-24. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.