Where to stay in Tauranga

from €84/night16 hotels sampledNZ
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3★+ hotels in Tauranga from €84/night (range €84–204, 16 hotels sampled, ~3 weeks out).

Mercure Tauranga hotel · Tauranga
from €84/night★ 4
City Suites hotel · Tauranga
from €89/night★ 5
CitySide Hotel Tauranga hotel · Tauranga
from €89/night★ 5

Getting there

Columbus Tauranga · compare all ways

Weather in Tauranga

Sat 🌤️ 19° 9° 💧2%
Sun 🌦️ 20° 14° 💧47%
Mon 🌦️ 23° 16° 💧60%
Tue 🌦️ 20° 14° 💧67%
Wed 🌧️ 19° 13° 💧86%
Thu ☁️ 21° 11° 💧33%
Fri 🌦️ 17° 9° 💧26%

In Nov, Tauranga typically sees ~20°C daytime highs and 16 rainy days.

Best time to visit Tauranga — climate

Jan: ~22°C daytime, 12 rainy days 22° JanFeb: ~23°C daytime, 16 rainy days 23° FebMar: ~23°C daytime, 8 rainy days 23° MarApr: ~20°C daytime, 20 rainy days 20° AprMay: ~17°C daytime, 11 rainy days 17° MayJun: ~15°C daytime, 12 rainy days 15° JunJul: ~14°C daytime, 16 rainy days 14° JulAug: ~14°C daytime, 14 rainy days 14° AugSep: ~16°C daytime, 10 rainy days 16° SepOct: ~18°C daytime, 12 rainy days 18° OctNov: ~20°C daytime, 16 rainy days 20° NovDec: ~22°C daytime, 11 rainy days 22° Dec

Things to do in Tauranga

Top-rated tours and tickets from €30 — book ahead for the popular ones.

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About Tauranga

Tauranga (population 158,000) is a city 105 km east of Hamilton and 85 km north of Rotorua in the western Bay of Plenty on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the largest city in the Bay of Plenty and the fifth largest in the country.

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Round out the trip

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