Taupo weather in November

In November, Taupo sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 108 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of November to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Taupo's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taupo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 108 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 06 min; 5:57 AM – 8:05 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; 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 November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical November day in Taupo reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 2°C warmer than October and about 2°C cooler than December.

	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
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Taupo weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 5th-warmest and 8th-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 November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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
Clearer (%)	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33
Cloudier (%)	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	65	65	65	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Taupo gets around 108 mm of rain over 12.5 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 43% 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
Rain chance (%)	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	41
14	41
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	42
28	42
29	43
30	43

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the dry band about 94% 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
Dry (%)	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	92	91	90	89	88	87	85
Comfortable (%)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

Wind in November

Winds average 12 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of November to 14 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 8:20 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
Daylight (h)	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50
Sunset (PM)	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	6:10	7:49
2	13.7	6:09	7:50
3	13.7	6:08	7:51
4	13.8	6:07	7:52
5	13.8	6:06	7:53
6	13.8	6:05	7:54
7	13.9	6:04	7:55
8	13.9	6:03	7:56
9	13.9	6:02	7:58
10	14.0	6:01	7:59
11	14.0	6:00	8:00
12	14.0	5:59	8:01
13	14.1	5:59	8:02
14	14.1	5:58	8:03
15	14.1	5:57	8:04
16	14.1	5:57	8:05
17	14.2	5:56	8:06
18	14.2	5:55	8:07
19	14.2	5:55	8:08
20	14.3	5:54	8:10
21	14.3	5:54	8:11
22	14.3	5:53	8:12
23	14.3	5:53	8:13
24	14.4	5:52	8:14
25	14.4	5:52	8:15
26	14.4	5:52	8:16
27	14.4	5:51	8:17
28	14.4	5:51	8:18
29	14.5	5:51	8:19
30	14.5	5:50	8:20

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 5.63 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 — November's 5.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Taupo?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Taupo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Taupo in November

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

In November, Taupo sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Taupo in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). 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

← October Taupo year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	41
14	41
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	42
28	42
29	43
30	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	41
14	41
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	42
28	42
29	43
30	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	42
12	42
13	41
14	41
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	42
28	42
29	43
30	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15