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When to go to Rotorua
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What the averages say
On these averages, Rotorua has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to April.
- The warmest month is January (23°C) and the coolest July (11°C). The wettest is June (113 mm) and the driest November (57 mm); about 1,072 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayCool
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugCool
- SeptCool
- OctCool
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Rotorua
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°C | 14°C | 72 mm | 71% | 67% | 6.5 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 23°C | 14°C | 73 mm | 73% | 68% | 5.6 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 21°C | 13°C | 80 mm | 75% | 66% | 4.5 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 18°C | 11°C | 104 mm | 80% | 64% | 3.2 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 15°C | 9°C | 103 mm | 85% | 62% | 2.2 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 12°C | 7°C | 113 mm | 88% | 62% | 1.8 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 11°C | 6°C | 113 mm | 88% | 64% | 2 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 12°C | 6°C | 98 mm | 86% | 67% | 2.6 | 39°C | Cool |
| September | 14°C | 7°C | 82 mm | 84% | 69% | 3.6 | 37°C | Cool |
| October | 16°C | 9°C | 81 mm | 80% | 72% | 4.8 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 19°C | 10°C | 57 mm | 76% | 72% | 5.9 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 21°C | 13°C | 96 mm | 75% | 74% | 6.1 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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