Oceania · Nature travel

Best time to visit Lake Tekapo

Mid Jan–Late Mar is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 19.0°C, with 4.5 rainy days per 10 days.

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Scenery of Lake Tekapo
Photo: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Season calendar

Lake Tekapo season score, from early January through late December.Early Jan: Great (season score 84.5)Mid Jan: Best (season score 87.1)Late Jan: Best (season score 95.0)Early Feb: Best (season score 100.0)Mid Feb: Best (season score 97.9)Late Feb: Best (season score 95.3)Early Mar: Best (season score 86.9)Mid Mar: Best (season score 90.5)Late Mar: Best (season score 86.2)Early Apr: Good (season score 70.6)Mid Apr: Good (season score 67.0)Late Apr: Good (season score 64.7)Early May: Okay (season score 55.7)Mid May: Fair (season score 37.0)Late May: Avoid (season score 13.5)Early Jun: Off-season (season score 16.2)Mid Jun: Avoid (season score 1.5)Late Jun: Avoid (season score 2.7)Early Jul: Avoid (season score 4.7)Mid Jul: Avoid (season score 3.4)Late Jul: Avoid (season score 0.0)Early Aug: Avoid (season score 7.8)Mid Aug: Avoid (season score 6.8)Late Aug: Off-season (season score 26.0)Early Sep: Off-season (season score 15.5)Mid Sep: Off-season (season score 19.2)Late Sep: Off-season (season score 27.4)Early Oct: Off-season (season score 18.1)Mid Oct: Fair (season score 29.6)Late Oct: Okay (season score 46.9)Early Nov: Good (season score 63.5)Mid Nov: Okay (season score 47.9)Late Nov: Good (season score 57.8)Early Dec: Good (season score 70.5)Mid Dec: Good (season score 67.8)Late Dec: Great (season score 82.8)JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AvoidOff-seasonFairOkayGoodGreatBest

Japan MOFA travel advice

No Japan MOFA travel advisory is in effect for this destination.

Climate and season score by month

MonthLevelDaytime highRainy days
(per 10 days)
Cloud cover
JanuaryBest19.6°C4.767.1%
FebruaryBest19.9°C4.363.2%
MarchBest17.5°C4.664.0%
AprilGood13.6°C4.862.2%
MayFair10.0°C5.461.4%
JuneAvoid6.4°C5.261.8%
JulyAvoid5.6°C4.761.3%
AugustAvoid7.4°C5.363.7%
SeptemberOff-season10.3°C5.765.0%
OctoberFair12.4°C5.968.4%
NovemberOkay15.0°C5.469.4%
DecemberGreat17.5°C5.772.1%

How the score works

The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.

Data: NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.

These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.