Best time to visit Tukino

The climate in Tukino through the year

When to go

No month in Tukino reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. February comes closest with 55 out of 100. A typical February day reaches 16°C and the night falls to 5°C, with rain on about 11 days and clear sky 40 % of the time. January is a fair alternative, with scores of 51. The lowest score is in July (15), when days are cool at around 4°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are moderate: daytime highs go from 4°C in July to 16°C in January. Nights typically drop below freezing in May–September. Precipitation is spread evenly over the year, from 106 mm in January to 200 mm in June (about 1,860 mm in all).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in June to 15 hours in December. Tukino lies about 1,450 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 9 degrees cooler than the lowlands around it.

By type of trip

The best months change with what you want to do. Each of Eddigo’s trip types has its own preferred daytime temperature and its own weights for rain, humidity and sun. Tukino scores 65 or more in these months:

• City break (15–25 °C): January and February, up to 74
• Hiking (10–22 °C): February, up to 67
• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): October–May, up to 86

How it compares

Of the 37 destinations Eddigo covers in New Zealand, Tukino is the 6th coolest over the year and the 9th wettest. It has 0 months with a good score, against 2 for a typical destination in the country. In February, when Tukino scores 55, Manganui (131 km away) scores 70 and Rotorua (138 km away) scores 76. See where to go in February for the best destinations that month.