Tauranga climate

Name: Tauranga
Address: NZ

Tauranga is warmest in February, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 7.8 °C. June is the wettest month (135 mm) and January the driest (87 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tauranga averages 1,339 mm of rain and 4 days above 25 °C.

New Zealand · population 161,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 22 °C
Coldest month July 7.8 °C
Driest month January 87 mm
Wettest month June 135 mm
Least cloud May 51 % cloud
Hottest on record February 31 °C
Coldest on record July 0.7 °C
Warmest sea February 21 °C

What to expectTauranga through the year

Tauranga has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in July to 22 °C in February, a swing of 9.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 4 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in February.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 87 mm in January to 135 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Tauranga is warmest in February at 21 °C and coldest in August at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.1 °C	87 mm	55 %
February	22.3 °C	100 mm	55 %
March	20.8 °C	99 mm	52 %
April	18.4 °C	122 mm	53 %
May	16.0 °C	118 mm	51 %
June	13.8 °C	135 mm	51 %
July	13.1 °C	134 mm	53 %
August	13.6 °C	122 mm	53 %
September	15.0 °C	113 mm	56 %
October	16.6 °C	98 mm	56 %
November	18.4 °C	94 mm	59 %
December	20.4 °C	116 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	22.1 °C	15.6 °C	18.7 °C	28.5 °C	9.6 °C	2
February	22.3 °C	16.2 °C	19.1 °C	30.8 °C	10.5 °C	2
March	20.8 °C	14.7 °C	17.5 °C	26.9 °C	8.7 °C	0
April	18.4 °C	12.7 °C	15.3 °C	24.5 °C	5.6 °C	0
May	16.0 °C	10.7 °C	13.0 °C	20.4 °C	3.2 °C	0
June	13.8 °C	8.6 °C	10.9 °C	18.0 °C	0.8 °C	0
July	13.1 °C	7.8 °C	10.1 °C	17.2 °C	0.7 °C	0
August	13.6 °C	7.9 °C	10.5 °C	17.3 °C	1.5 °C	0
September	15.0 °C	9.0 °C	11.8 °C	19.2 °C	2.9 °C	0
October	16.6 °C	10.4 °C	13.3 °C	21.4 °C	3.5 °C	0
November	18.4 °C	12.0 °C	15.0 °C	26.2 °C	5.7 °C	0
December	20.4 °C	14.2 °C	17.2 °C	25.3 °C	8.0 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	87 mm	9	14 h/day	55 %	76 %	22 km/h	19.8 °C
February	100 mm	8	14 h/day	55 %	77 %	20 km/h	20.9 °C
March	99 mm	9	12 h/day	52 %	78 %	20 km/h	20.4 °C
April	122 mm	10	11 h/day	53 %	80 %	20 km/h	19.2 °C
May	118 mm	10	10 h/day	51 %	82 %	21 km/h	17.7 °C
June	135 mm	11	9.6 h/day	51 %	82 %	22 km/h	16.1 °C
July	134 mm	12	9.8 h/day	53 %	82 %	23 km/h	15.1 °C
August	122 mm	13	11 h/day	53 %	81 %	22 km/h	14.5 °C
September	113 mm	12	12 h/day	56 %	80 %	24 km/h	14.6 °C
October	98 mm	12	13 h/day	56 %	79 %	25 km/h	15.2 °C
November	94 mm	11	14 h/day	59 %	77 %	24 km/h	16.4 °C
December	116 mm	12	15 h/day	61 %	78 %	22 km/h	18.3 °C

How Tauranga compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Tauranga	22 °C	7.8 °C	1,339 mm	4
Hamilton · New Zealand	23 °C	5.6 °C	1,172 mm	13
Auckland · New Zealand	23 °C	9.4 °C	1,043 mm	3
Wellington · New Zealand	19 °C	8.7 °C	888 mm	0

Where Tauranga ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in the world in August	17th of 50	14 °C
The coolest places in the world in July	22nd of 50	13 °C
The coolest places in the world in June	28th of 50	14 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tauranga.

QuestionsCommon questions about Tauranga’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tauranga?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tauranga get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.8 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tauranga?

June, averaging 135 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 87 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,339 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Tauranga rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -37.686°, 176.167° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.