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Te Awanga in December

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Te Awanga is warm: highs near 70°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 56 minutes.December in Te Awanga is warm: highs near 21°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 56 minutes.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
14h 56mon average

Is December a good time to visit Te Awanga?

Yes. December is one of Te Awanga's best months (December 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 56°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in December, against 13°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in December, against 27% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in December, against 43% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

14h 56m in December, against 9h 25m to 14h 56m 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 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December70°21°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January73°23°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Te Awanga sits, in December

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:39 AMsets 8:35 PM
Above the sea
230 mlow-lying
Latitude
39.6°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Taupō131 km north-west

The land around Te Awanga, 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 Te Awanga

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km south of Te Awanga. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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 (230 m) against the climate model's (90 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 (230 m) against the climate model's (90 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.