Taupo weather in August

In August, Taupo sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 120 mm of precipitation across 14 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-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 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Taupo's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taupo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 120 mm; 14 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 8:05 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

Taupo is town in New Zealand's North Island.

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 12.9 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 629/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1869

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical August day in Taupo 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 8°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	4
6	10	4
7	10	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	10	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

Taupo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 12°	89	9.9	14.4	6.3
Feb	21° / 12°	83	9	13.5	6.4
Mar	19° / 10°	85	9.3	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 8°	103	10.5	11	4.9
May	13° / 6°	109	11.2	9.9	3.6
Jun	11° / 5°	115	11.6	9.3	2.4
Jul	10° / 4°	124	12.9	9.6	2.1
Aug	11° / 4°	120	14	10.5	2.3
Sep	12° / 5°	123	13.8	11.7	3.0
Oct	14° / 7°	118	13.9	13	3.8
Nov	17° / 8°	108	12.5	14.1	4.8
Dec	19° / 10°	118	13.8	14.7	5.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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 (%)	35	35	35	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	37	38	38	38	38	38	39	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	37
Cloudier (%)	65	65	65	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	63	62	62	62	62	62	61	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Taupo gets around 120 mm of rain and snow over 14 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	44	44	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	46
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	43
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August 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 August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	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 August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:23 AM to 7:43 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:48 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)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:01	8:00	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:43
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	8:23	6:21
2	10.0	8:22	6:21
3	10.0	8:21	6:22
4	10.1	8:20	6:23
5	10.1	8:19	6:24
6	10.1	8:18	6:25
7	10.2	8:16	6:26
8	10.2	8:15	6:27
9	10.2	8:14	6:28
10	10.3	8:13	6:29
11	10.3	8:12	6:30
12	10.3	8:11	6:31
13	10.4	8:09	6:31
14	10.4	8:08	6:32
15	10.4	8:07	6:33
16	10.5	8:05	6:34
17	10.5	8:04	6:35
18	10.6	8:03	6:36
19	10.6	8:01	6:37
20	10.6	8:00	6:38
21	10.7	7:58	6:39
22	10.7	7:57	6:40
23	10.8	7:56	6:41
24	10.8	7:54	6:42
25	10.8	7:53	6:42
26	10.9	7:51	6:43
27	10.9	7:50	6:44
28	11.0	7:48	6:45
29	11.0	7:47	6:46
30	11.0	7:45	6:47
31	11.1	7:43	6:48

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 2.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.6	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Taupo?

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

2.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Taupo.

What to pack for Taupo in August

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

In August, Taupo sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Taupo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Taupo peaks around December 23 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	7	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Taupo?

Taupo sits at 38.7°S, 176.1°E, 405 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Rotorua, 62 km away.

Topography around Taupo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taupo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 402 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 783 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,648 m.

The land around Taupo is covered by grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

148 m

grassland 35%

16 km

783 m

grassland 50%

80 km

2,648 m

trees 60%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Taupo year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Rotorua 62 km · Cambridge 106 km · Tauranga 111 km · Whakatane 113 km · Napier 115 km · Hamilton East 121 km · Hamilton 122 km · Hastings 125 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 Taupo (-38.6833°, 176.0833°, elevation 405 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. 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	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	4
6	10	4
7	10	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	10	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	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	46
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	43
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	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	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	4
6	10	4
7	10	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	10	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	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	46
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	43
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	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	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	4
6	10	4
7	10	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	10	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	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	46
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	43
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	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