Climate averages 1991–2020
Tauranga weather
in July.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Tauranga: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamilton, New Zealand (78 km away). In July its highs average 12.9°C, about as warm as Tauranga, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Tauranga ranks joint 3rd of 11 for the warmest July highs and 10th of 11 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 11 cities is 11.8°C; Tauranga is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tauranga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 86 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 97 | 8.4 | 13.514 h |
| March | 20.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 96 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 117 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 113 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 129 | 10.7 | 9.610 h |
| July, selected | 12.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 133 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 117 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 112 | 12.0 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 96 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 89 | 10.5 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 112 | 11.9 | 14.715 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Hamilton, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 78 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Manukau City in JulyNew Zealand · 137 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Auckland in JulyNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in JulyNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 85 mm rain
- New Plymouth in JulyNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Palmerston North in JulyNew Zealand · 301 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in JulyNew Zealand · 407 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Wellington in JulyNew Zealand · 418 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 87 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tauranga) is explained once on the Tauranga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.