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Taupō in October

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Taupō is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Taupō is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
13h 13mon average

Is October a good time to visit Taupō?

October sits outside Taupō's best months, which run from January to March. Expect mild 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in October, against 53°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in October, against 12°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

59% cover in October, against 47% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

13h 13m in October, against 9h 30m to 14h 50m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September58°14°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October62°17°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November66°19°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Taupō sits, in October

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:30 AMsets 7:32 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.