Best time to visit Turoa

The climate in Turoa through the year

When to go

No month in Turoa reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. February comes closest with 57 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 53. The lowest score is in August (15), when days are cool at around 6°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are moderate: daytime highs go from 5°C in July to 16°C in January. Nights typically drop below freezing in May–September. Precipitation is spread evenly over the year, from 99 mm in January to 187 mm in June (about 1,750 mm in all).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in June to 15 hours in December. Turoa lies about 1,400 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. Turoa scores 65 or more in these months:

• City break (15–25 °C): January–March, up to 75
• Hiking (10–22 °C): February, up to 68
• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): September–May, up to 87

How it compares

Of the 37 destinations Eddigo covers in New Zealand, Turoa is the 9th coolest over the year and the 13th wettest. It has 0 months with a good score, against 2 for a typical destination in the country. In February, when Turoa scores 57, Manganui (124 km away) scores 70 and Rotorua (144 km away) scores 76. See where to go in February for the best destinations that month.