Taupo climate — normals and trends
Taupo (New Zealand) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,354 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is February (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Taupo averages 11 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Taupo has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 18 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.6 °C (on 3 January 1961) and the coldest -6.6 °C (on 1 July 1951).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
TaupoWaikato Region
- coords
- -38.68°, 176.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
14.9°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,354mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
9.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
39.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
28.6 °C
3 January 1961
Coldest day
-6.6 °C
1 July 1951
Wettest day
118 mm
23 January 2011
Windiest day
52.0 km/h
15 March 1948
Strongest gust
114.1 km/h
13 February 2023
Hottest feels-like
31.7 °C
30 January 2019
Coldest feels-like
-10.9 °C
3 July 1951
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
21 August 1946
Sunniest day
14.6 h
4 January 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 65 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 22.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 44 mm | -45 mm |
| Mar | 20.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 35 mm | -57 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 149 mm | +49 mm |
| May | 14.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 128 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 11.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 164 mm | +42 mm |
| Jul | 11.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 217 mm | +89 mm |
| Aug | 11.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 85 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 12.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 147 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 196 mm | +67 mm |
| Nov | 19.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 140 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | 20.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 122 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Taupo?
Taupo has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,354 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taupo?
The hottest day measured in Taupo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1961, reaching 28.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Taupo?
The coldest day measured in Taupo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1951, at -6.6 °C.
Does it snow in Taupo?
Yes. Taupo gets on average 2.7 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Taupo warmed?
Yes: Taupo warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Taupo?
The wettest day measured in Taupo between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2011, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Taupo?
The windiest day measured in Taupo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1948, with winds reaching 52.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Taupo?
The warmest month in Taupo is February (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Taupo?
Taupo receives on average 1,354 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Taupo?
Taupo gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Taupo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taupo between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1946, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Taupo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Taupo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taupo?
In Taupo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.7 °C on 30 January 2019, and the lowest was -10.9 °C on 3 July 1951.
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