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Whakapapa Current Weather Conditions

Lat Long: 39.23° S 175.55° E

Weather Forecast for Whakapapa at 1962m altitude

Issued: 5 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Next snow in Whakapapa: 0.3cm on Thu 9th  (after 9 PM local time)

Current weather conditions and live observations for Whakapapa based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on snow-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Whakapapa right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather Conditions near Whakapapa

as reported by the 5 closest weather stations

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Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Mangatepopo Road Automatic Weather Station

12 km N870 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
Dry
15
light winds from the SW
(17 km/h at 225°)
5.5 °C-
-
-
-
-

National Park

14 km W820 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
light rainRecent light rain
30
moderate winds from the S
(28 km/h at 180°)
3.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Desert Road

18 km ESE1059 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
light snowRecent light snow
30
fresh winds from the S
(30 km/h at 180°)
1.5 °C-
-
-
-
-

Waiouru, Aqueduct Hill

21 km SE996 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
No weather report
15
light winds from the S
(17 km/h at 180°)
2.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Moturoa Automatic Weather Station

24 km ENE714 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (37 kph from 225 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
4.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tongariro

24 km NNE626 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (15 kph from 90 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
9.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Waiouru North

24 km SSE879 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
No weather report
20
moderate winds from the S
(22 km/h at 180°)
2.8 °C-
-
-
-
-

Rotoaira

30 km N611 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
10
light winds from the S
(11 km/h at 180°)
9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Owhango

30 km NW438 m above sea level

44 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (6 kph from 45 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
6.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

South Waiouru

31 km SSE791 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
light rainRecent light rain
20
moderate winds from the S
(20 km/h at 180°)
3.2 °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather stations update at the same frequency which is the reason why some resorts may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.