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Taupō in August

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Taupō is cool: highs near 55°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Taupō is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
55°F13°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
10h 41mon average

Is August a good time to visit Taupō?

August sits outside Taupō's best months, which run from January to March. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 55°F in August, against 53°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in August, against 12°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in August, against 33% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in August, against 47% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

10h 41m in August, against 9h 30m to 14h 50m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July53°12°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August55°13°low 39°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September58°14°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Taupō sits, in August

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:03 AMsets 5:38 PM
Above the sea
360 mlow-lying
Latitude
38.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Te Awanga131 km south-east

The land around Taupō, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in New Zealand in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Taupō

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Taupō. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (360 m) against the climate model's (481 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (360 m) against the climate model's (481 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.