Otaki weather
Loading live data…Drizzle,rain likely tomorrow
European, the American and the German model agree on a high near 15° in Otaki today. Tomorrow: light drizzle, around 15°, with a 88% chance of rain.
Latest for Otaki: European (ECMWF): 12° Light drizzle · American (NOAA GFS): 14° Light drizzle · German (DWD ICON): 14° Overcast.
CheckWeather.io on iPhoneFree. No ads, no account.Otaki weather in numbers
from 30 years of measured normalsOtaki swings 15°C across the year, from 21°C highs in January to 6°C lows in July, and June is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 1536 mm of precipitation.
The weather map: all three models at once
European, American, German side by side around Otaki and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Otaki hourly forecast: next 14 hours
consensus of the three modelsRain in the next 24 hours, model by model
each model's own hourly precipitation, side by sideLoading the three models…
Otaki 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitOtaki, New Zealand is at its warmest in Jan (average highs near 21°C) and coldest in Jul (lows around 6°C), with roughly 1536 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what European, American, German forecast for Otaki right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
We grade every model against the weather that actually happened, so you can see which forecast model is most accurate in New Zealand before you trust any single number.
Otaki climate by month
average daytime high and overnight low across a typical year (1991-2020)Source: 1991-2020 averages, ERA5 for this place adjusted with NASA POWER.
How the weather around Otaki has changed since 1995
Otaki sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Lower Hutt. That square ran 0.4°C warmer in 2015-2024 than in 1995-2004. See the full 30-year picture on the Lower Hutt page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Otaki?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
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Where the models disagree
temperature and rain, judged separatelyThe models often agree on temperature and still split on rain, and rain is usually what decides whether a plan survives. A wide rain range means the shower is genuinely uncertain, not that the forecast is wrong.