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Taupō in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Taupō is warm: highs near 70°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 50 minutes.December in Taupō is warm: highs near 21°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 50 minutes.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
14h 50mon average

Is December a good time to visit Taupō?

A good month, just outside Taupō's best months, which run from January to March.

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 70°F in December, against 53°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in December, against 12°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in December, against 33% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in December, against 47% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

14h 50m in December, against 9h 30m to 14h 50m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November66°19°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December70°21°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January74°23°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Taupō sits, in December

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:45 AMsets 8:36 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.