Rotorua weather in July

In July, Rotorua sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 118 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 25% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Rotorua's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rotorua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 118 mm; 12.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 8:33 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.5; out of 10

Rotorua is city in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Air quality: Good; PM10 18.2 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 25/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1883

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 Rotorua reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 7°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 about 1°C cooler than 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Rotorua weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 13°	84	10.2	14.3	6.5
Feb	22° / 13°	81	8.9	13.5	6.6
Mar	20° / 11°	85	9.6	12.3	6.3
Apr	17° / 9°	100	9.5	11	5.5
May	14° / 7°	101	10.3	10	4.1
Jun	12° / 5°	109	10.9	9.4	2.9
Jul	11° / 4°	118	12.3	9.6	2.5
Aug	12° / 5°	113	13.2	10.5	2.8
Sep	14° / 6°	114	13	11.7	3.5
Oct	15° / 7°	103	12.7	13	4.4
Nov	18° / 9°	93	11.4	14.1	5.4
Dec	20° / 11°	113	13	14.6	5.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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 (%)	46	45	45	45	44	43	43	41	41	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	41	40	40	41	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41
Cloudier (%)	54	55	55	55	56	57	57	59	59	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	59	60	60	59	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	41	59

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Rotorua gets around 118 mm of rain over 12.3 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	40

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 12 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:37 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:20 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)	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:35	8:35	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	8:37	6:00
2	9.4	8:37	6:00
3	9.4	8:37	6:01
4	9.4	8:37	6:01
5	9.4	8:37	6:02
6	9.4	8:36	6:02
7	9.4	8:36	6:03
8	9.5	8:36	6:03
9	9.5	8:36	6:04
10	9.5	8:35	6:04
11	9.5	8:35	6:05
12	9.5	8:35	6:06
13	9.5	8:34	6:06
14	9.6	8:34	6:07
15	9.6	8:33	6:08
16	9.6	8:33	6:08
17	9.6	8:32	6:09
18	9.6	8:32	6:10
19	9.7	8:31	6:11
20	9.7	8:31	6:11
21	9.7	8:30	6:12
22	9.7	8:29	6:13
23	9.8	8:29	6:14
24	9.8	8:28	6:14
25	9.8	8:27	6:15
26	9.8	8:26	6:16
27	9.9	8:26	6:17
28	9.9	8:25	6:18
29	9.9	8:24	6:19
30	9.9	8:23	6:19
31	10.0	8:22	6:20

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.59 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.95 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)	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.8	Dim
2	1.8	Dim
3	1.8	Dim
4	1.8	Dim
5	1.8	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	1.9	Dim
20	2.0	Dim
21	2.0	Dim
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.0	Moderate
24	2.0	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Rotorua?

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

2.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rotorua.

What to pack for Rotorua in July

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

In July, Rotorua sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Rotorua in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 44 km away) is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 22 to Mar 25 — about 2.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	21	20	19	18	16	15	14	14	15	16	18
Comfort	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Cool
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	15	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Rotorua 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 Rotorua peaks around December 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	8	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Rotorua?

Rotorua sits at 38.1°S, 176.2°E, 287 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Tauranga, 51 km away.

Topography around Rotorua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rotorua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 292 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 572 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,180 m.

The land around Rotorua is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), trees (22%) and water (22%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

84 m

artificial surfaces 36%

16 km

572 m

trees 46%

80 km

1,180 m

trees 44%

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

July weather nearby: Tauranga 51 km · Taupo 62 km · Whakatane 68 km · Cambridge 76 km · Hamilton East 92 km · Hamilton 93 km · Pukekohe East 155 km · Napier 161 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 Rotorua (-38.1387°, 176.2452°, elevation 287 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	4
2	11	4
3	11	4
4	11	4
5	11	4
6	11	4
7	11	4
8	11	4
9	11	4
10	11	4
11	11	4
12	11	4
13	11	4
14	11	4
15	11	4
16	11	4
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	11	4
21	11	4
22	11	4
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	11	4
26	11	4
27	11	4
28	11	4
29	11	4
30	11	4
31	11	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	40

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	40

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	40

	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