Best time to visit New Zealand
Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of New Zealand agrees on Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec.
| Place | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | In words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QueenstownDecember to March for hiking, June to September for skiing | December to March for hiking, June to September for skiing | ||||||||||||
| AucklandNovember to April | November to April | ||||||||||||
| RotoruaNovember to April — and it is a year-round destination, since the pools are hot regardless | November to April — and it is a year-round destination, since the pools are hot regardless | ||||||||||||
| Fiordland & Milford SoundOctober to April for the walking tracks — the rain is the point rather than the problem, and it falls in every season | October to April for the walking tracks — the rain is the point rather than the problem, and it falls in every season | ||||||||||||
| WellingtonDecember to March — the wind is a fixture in every season and the locals stopped mentioning it | December to March — the wind is a fixture in every season and the locals stopped mentioning it |
best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.
The guides in New Zealand
QueenstownNew ZealandThe adventure capital, ringed by mountains and lake
AucklandNew ZealandA city built on fifty volcanoes, with an island ferry from the bottom of the street
RotoruaNew ZealandGeysers, boiling mud and a smell of sulphur, in the centre of Māori New Zealand
Fiordland & Milford SoundNew ZealandSheer black walls dropping into deep water, in a place that rains two hundred days a year and is better for it
WellingtonNew ZealandA harbour capital wedged between hills and sea, with the best coffee and the worst wind in the country