Paraparaumu weather in July

In July, Paraparaumu sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 123 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of July to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Paraparaumu's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paraparaumu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 123 mm; 13.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 8:46 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 10th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Paraparaumu is town in New Zealand.

Density: 1,045/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical July day in Paraparaumu reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	8
2	11	8
3	11	8
4	11	8
5	11	8
6	11	8
7	11	8
8	11	8
9	11	8
10	11	8
11	11	8
12	11	8
13	11	8
14	11	8
15	11	8
16	11	8
17	11	8
18	11	8
19	11	8
20	11	8
21	11	8
22	11	8
23	11	8
24	11	8
25	11	8
26	11	8
27	11	8
28	11	8
29	11	8
30	11	8
31	11	8

Paraparaumu weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 14°	94	11.3	14.6	5.6
Feb	18° / 15°	89	9.6	13.6	6.0
Mar	17° / 13°	86	10.3	12.3	5.6
Apr	15° / 12°	109	12.6	10.9	4.4
May	14° / 10°	116	13.7	9.7	3.6
Jun	12° / 9°	133	14.1	9.1	2.7
Jul	11° / 8°	123	13.9	9.4	2.4
Aug	11° / 8°	126	14.9	10.4	2.4
Sep	12° / 9°	128	15.3	11.7	2.8
Oct	13° / 10°	146	15.7	13.1	3.2
Nov	14° / 11°	119	13	14.3	3.9
Dec	16° / 13°	123	14.6	14.9	4.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	49	48	48	48	48	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	50	51	51	50
Cloudier (%)	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	51	52	52	52	52	51	50	50	50	50	49	49	50	49	49	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	50	50

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Paraparaumu gets around 123 mm of rain over 13.9 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	44
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	48

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 21 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
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30	21	breezy
31	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of July to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:50 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:19 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:49	8:49	8:49	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:47	8:47	8:46	8:46	8:45	8:44	8:44	8:43	8:42	8:42	8:41	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	8:50	5:56
2	9.1	8:50	5:57
3	9.1	8:50	5:57
4	9.1	8:50	5:58
5	9.1	8:50	5:58
6	9.1	8:50	5:59
7	9.2	8:49	5:59
8	9.2	8:49	6:00
9	9.2	8:49	6:00
10	9.2	8:48	6:01
11	9.2	8:48	6:02
12	9.2	8:48	6:03
13	9.3	8:47	6:03
14	9.3	8:47	6:04
15	9.3	8:46	6:05
16	9.3	8:46	6:05
17	9.4	8:45	6:06
18	9.4	8:44	6:07
19	9.4	8:44	6:08
20	9.4	8:43	6:09
21	9.5	8:42	6:10
22	9.5	8:42	6:10
23	9.5	8:41	6:11
24	9.5	8:40	6:12
25	9.6	8:39	6:13
26	9.6	8:38	6:14
27	9.6	8:37	6:15
28	9.7	8:36	6:16
29	9.7	8:35	6:17
30	9.7	8:34	6:18
31	9.8	8:33	6:19

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.6	Dim
2	1.6	Dim
3	1.6	Dim
4	1.6	Dim
5	1.6	Dim
6	1.6	Dim
7	1.6	Dim
8	1.6	Dim
9	1.7	Dim
10	1.7	Dim
11	1.7	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	2.0	Dim
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Moderate
29	2.0	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Paraparaumu?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Paraparaumu.

What to pack for Paraparaumu in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Paraparaumu sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Paraparaumu in July

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	18	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	15	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	15	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Paraparaumu in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paraparaumu peaks around January 11 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	6	4	2	1	2	3	4	6	10	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Paraparaumu?

Paraparaumu sits at 40.9°S, 175.0°E, 77 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Upper Hutt, 25 km away.

Topography around Paraparaumu

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Paraparaumu.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paraparaumu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 436 m around an average of 96 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,092 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,512 m.

The land around Paraparaumu is covered by trees (55%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and water (39%) within 16 km, and water (45%), grassland (28%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

436 m

trees 55%

16 km

1,092 m

trees 47%

80 km

1,512 m

water 45%

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← June Paraparaumu year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Upper Hutt 25 km · Porirua 28 km · Lower Hutt 34 km · Levin 38 km · Wainuiomata 39 km · Wellington 46 km · Karori 47 km · Masterton 54 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Paraparaumu (-40.9167°, 175.0167°, elevation 77 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	8
2	11	8
3	11	8
4	11	8
5	11	8
6	11	8
7	11	8
8	11	8
9	11	8
10	11	8
11	11	8
12	11	8
13	11	8
14	11	8
15	11	8
16	11	8
17	11	8
18	11	8
19	11	8
20	11	8
21	11	8
22	11	8
23	11	8
24	11	8
25	11	8
26	11	8
27	11	8
28	11	8
29	11	8
30	11	8
31	11	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	44
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	8
2	11	8
3	11	8
4	11	8
5	11	8
6	11	8
7	11	8
8	11	8
9	11	8
10	11	8
11	11	8
12	11	8
13	11	8
14	11	8
15	11	8
16	11	8
17	11	8
18	11	8
19	11	8
20	11	8
21	11	8
22	11	8
23	11	8
24	11	8
25	11	8
26	11	8
27	11	8
28	11	8
29	11	8
30	11	8
31	11	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	44
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	8
2	11	8
3	11	8
4	11	8
5	11	8
6	11	8
7	11	8
8	11	8
9	11	8
10	11	8
11	11	8
12	11	8
13	11	8
14	11	8
15	11	8
16	11	8
17	11	8
18	11	8
19	11	8
20	11	8
21	11	8
22	11	8
23	11	8
24	11	8
25	11	8
26	11	8
27	11	8
28	11	8
29	11	8
30	11	8
31	11	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	44
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100