Whakatane weather in July

In July, Whakatane sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 137 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 Whakatane's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Whakatane's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 137 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 8:29 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 5th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Whakatane is town in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Density: 4/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 14°C through the month.

A typical July day in Whakatane reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Whakatane weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 15°	88	9.1	14.3	6.9
Feb	23° / 16°	94	8	13.5	6.9
Mar	21° / 14°	101	8.7	12.3	6.8
Apr	19° / 12°	117	9.7	11	6.2
May	16° / 10°	119	9.6	10	5.4
Jun	14° / 8°	139	10.5	9.4	4.2
Jul	14° / 7°	137	11	9.6	3.8
Aug	14° / 7°	124	11.2	10.5	4.1
Sep	15° / 9°	119	11.2	11.7	4.6
Oct	17° / 10°	110	11.4	13	5.4
Nov	19° / 12°	93	9.6	14.1	6.1
Dec	21° / 14°	117	11.6	14.6	6.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

	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 (%)	56	56	55	55	55	54	53	53	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	50	49	50	50	50	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	52	52
Cloudier (%)	44	44	45	45	45	46	47	47	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	50	51	50	50	50	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	48	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Whakatane gets around 137 mm of rain over 11 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 36% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	39
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

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 98% 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 (%)	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 8:33 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:18 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	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	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	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:31	8:30	8:30	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:28	8:27	8:27	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	8:33	5:57
2	9.4	8:33	5:58
3	9.4	8:33	5:58
4	9.4	8:33	5:59
5	9.4	8:33	5:59
6	9.4	8:33	6:00
7	9.5	8:33	6:00
8	9.5	8:32	6:01
9	9.5	8:32	6:01
10	9.5	8:32	6:02
11	9.5	8:32	6:03
12	9.5	8:31	6:03
13	9.6	8:31	6:04
14	9.6	8:30	6:05
15	9.6	8:30	6:05
16	9.6	8:29	6:06
17	9.6	8:29	6:07
18	9.6	8:28	6:07
19	9.7	8:28	6:08
20	9.7	8:27	6:09
21	9.7	8:27	6:10
22	9.7	8:26	6:10
23	9.8	8:25	6:11
24	9.8	8:24	6:12
25	9.8	8:24	6:13
26	9.8	8:23	6:14
27	9.9	8:22	6:14
28	9.9	8:21	6:15
29	9.9	8:20	6:16
30	10.0	8:20	6:17
31	10.0	8:19	6:18

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.05 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)	1.9	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	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	1.9	Dim
4	1.9	Dim
5	1.9	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	2.0	Dim
13	2.0	Dim
14	2.0	Dim
15	2.0	Dim
16	2.0	Moderate
17	2.0	Moderate
18	2.0	Moderate
19	2.0	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.1	Moderate
23	2.1	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Whakatane

In seasonPeak

None of Whakatane's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Whakatane sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Whakatane?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Whakatane.

What to pack for Whakatane in July

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

In July, Whakatane sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Whakatane 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 13 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 26 — 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	15	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	15	Bracing
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Whakatane 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 Whakatane 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	8	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	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	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Whakatane?

Whakatane sits at 38.0°S, 177.0°E, 11 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Rotorua, 68 km away.

Topography around Whakatane

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Whakatane has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,483 m.

The land around Whakatane is covered by trees (29%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, water (45%), trees (25%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

209 m

trees 29%

16 km

376 m

water 45%

80 km

1,483 m

trees 45%

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

July weather nearby: Rotorua 68 km · Tauranga 78 km · Taupo 113 km · Gisborne 118 km · Cambridge 136 km · Hamilton East 150 km · Hamilton 151 km · Napier 171 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 Whakatane (-37.9586°, 176.9854°, elevation 11 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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	13	7
2	13	7
3	13	7
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	14	7
20	14	7
21	14	7
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	14	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	39
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	39
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	39
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2