Lake Tekapo
Lake Tekapo is in New Zealand. It sits in Mackenzie Basin / Southern Alps, at -43.8833 latitude, 170.5167 longitude. The nearest airport with scheduled airline service in the OurAirports snapshot is Timaru Airport (TIU), about 73.3 km away. Mean monthly air temperature in 2024 ranged from 1.2 °C to 15.1 °C (Open-Meteo archive). This page does not invent trip prices, licence rules or species lists; use the marketplace links to compare live listings, and check local regulations before you go.
| Country | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | -43.8833, 170.5167 |
| Region | Mackenzie Basin / Southern Alps |
| Timezone | — |
| Nearest airport with scheduled flights | Timaru Airport (TIU), about 73.3 km away |
| Place data source | Wikipedia summary for “Lake Tekapo” |
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Monthly weather in 2024
Daily means from the Open-Meteo Historical Weather API, added up by calendar month for 2024. This is air temperature at the coordinates, not water temperature, and one year is not a climate normal.
| Month | Mean air temp | Total precipitation |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.1 °C | 143 mm |
| Feb | 13.8 °C | 63 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | 85 mm |
| Apr | 9.6 °C | 256 mm |
| May | 4.4 °C | 54 mm |
| Jun | 4.0 °C | 86 mm |
| Jul | 1.2 °C | 124 mm |
| Aug | 2.3 °C | 176 mm |
| Sep | 4.7 °C | 270 mm |
| Oct | 6.8 °C | 272 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | 122 mm |
| Dec | 13.7 °C | 193 mm |
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Snapshot date: 2026-11-12. See methodology and sources.