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Taupō in March

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Taupō is warm: highs near 71°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 12 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Taupō is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
71°F22°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
12h 24mon average

Is March a good time to visit Taupō?

Yes. March is one of Taupō's best months (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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 71°F in March, against 53°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in March, against 12°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 24m in March, against 9h 30m to 14h 50m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February75°24°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March71°22°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April65°18°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Taupō sits, in March

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:13 AMsets 7:37 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.