Lake Wakatipu
Lake Wakatipu is in New Zealand. It sits in Southern Alps / New Zealand, at -45.0302 latitude, 168.6627 longitude. The nearest airport with scheduled airline service in the OurAirports snapshot is Queenstown Airport (ZQN), about 6.7 km away. Mean monthly air temperature in 2024 ranged from 4.5 °C to 16.3 °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 | -45.0302, 168.6627 |
| Region | Southern Alps / New Zealand |
| Timezone | Pacific/Auckland |
| Town population (GeoNames) | 10,442 |
| Nearest airport with scheduled flights | Queenstown Airport (ZQN), about 6.7 km away |
| Place data source | GeoNames cities5000, geonameId 6204696 (Queenstown, NZ) |
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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 | 16.3 °C | 158 mm |
| Feb | 14.9 °C | 93 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | 148 mm |
| Apr | 11.4 °C | 172 mm |
| May | 6.9 °C | 40 mm |
| Jun | 5.9 °C | 83 mm |
| Jul | 4.5 °C | 98 mm |
| Aug | 5.3 °C | 114 mm |
| Sep | 5.5 °C | 390 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | 225 mm |
| Nov | 12.0 °C | 112 mm |
| Dec | 15.6 °C | 113 mm |
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Snapshot date: 2026-11-12. See methodology and sources.