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Satellite view of Hot Water Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Hot Water Beach

New ZealandAuckland · New Zealand · Tasman Sea

-36.8782, 175.8102 · Whitianga, 11 km

  • 21°Sea · February
  • 23°High · February
  • 9.3 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Hot Water Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Hot Water Beach in October

  • 17°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month78 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 24Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 92 kmAirport: Auckland International Airport (AKL)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 16.4 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaFebruary and March21 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and November9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and November52 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan20°9 h60 mm
  2. Feb21°8 h70 mm
  3. Mar21°7 h76 mm
  4. Apr20°6 h89 mm
  5. May18°5 h112 mm
  6. Jun17°4 h111 mm
  7. Jul16°5 h116 mm
  8. Aug15°6 h102 mm
  9. Sep15°6 h88 mm
  10. Oct16°7 h78 mm
  11. Nov17°8 h52 mm
  12. Dec19°8 h87 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
15°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20°Feb: 21°Mar: 21°Apr: 20°May: 18°Jun: 17°Jul: 16°Aug: 15°Sep: 15°Oct: 16°Nov: 17°Dec: 19°15°21°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 16°)Feb: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 17°)Mar: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 16°)Apr: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 14°)May: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Jun: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 10°)Jul: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Aug: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Sep: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 10°)Oct: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 11°)Nov: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 13°)Dec: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)20°11°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 60 mmFeb: 70 mmMar: 76 mmApr: 89 mmMay: 112 mmJun: 111 mmJul: 116 mm116Aug: 102 mmSep: 88 mmOct: 78 mmNov: 52 mm52Dec: 87 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.3 h9.3Feb: 8.0 hMar: 7.4 hApr: 6.2 hMay: 5.0 hJun: 4.3 h4.3Jul: 4.7 hAug: 5.5 hSep: 6.5 hOct: 7.4 hNov: 8.4 hDec: 8.3 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Hot Water Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Hot Water Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2316206099.314
Februarywarmest sea2317217098.013
March22162176107.413
April19142089116.213
May171218112135.014
June151017111144.316
July14916116154.716
August14915102165.515
September15101588136.516
October17111678127.416
November19131752108.415
December21151987118.314

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Hot Water Beach: Hot Water Beach 3591, New Zealand - panoramio
Photo: новичёк · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Hot Water Beach: Hot Water Beach kz2
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Hot Water Beach: Hot Water Beach kz1
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER21 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.121 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

More about this place: Wikipedia See every data source →