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WenToGo

3 day trip

24 Dec to 26 Dec 2026

How the score works

One number out of 100, blended from the four factors below: comfort, crowds, prices and weather. Higher means go now. Lower means queues, rain and paying more for the privilege.

Everyone had the same idea. At the same time.

Factor breakdown

Crowds

How many other people had the same clever idea. Built from researched monthly visitor patterns, then pushed harder for public holidays, school breaks and big events.

14

Weather

The weather that cancels plans rather than just dampens them. Built from monthly climate baselines plus researched storm, typhoon, smoke and snow periods.

87

Prices

How much the dates themselves cost you. Built from researched monthly demand, with the same holiday and event surges that drive the crowds, because airlines can read a calendar too.

18

Comfort

Whether you will enjoy being outside or merely endure it. Built from average highs and lows, humidity and rain risk.

100

Climate on this trip

Avg low
13°C (55°F)
Avg high
23°C (73°F)
Rain risk
moderate
Humidity
comfortable
Scored from New Zealand official tourism, NIWA climate data, Employment New Zealand public holidays

Why go

  • Summer outdoor travel peak

    Comfortable outdoor conditions make these dates easy for sightseeing.

  • Tauranga and Mount Maunganui summer beach peak

    This is a peak beach or resort window, which can be a draw if that is what you want.

What shapes these dates

  • 3 days

    Summer Outdoor Travel Peak

    24 Dec to 26 Dec

    Seasonal peak

  • 3 days

    Summer School Holidays

    24 Dec to 26 Dec

    School holiday

  • 3 days

    Tauranga And Mount Maunganui Summer Beach Peak

    24 Dec to 26 Dec

    Seasonal peak

  • 3 days

    Christmas And New Year Travel Surge

    24 Dec to 26 Dec

    Seasonal peak

  • 1 day

    Boxing Day Holiday

    26 Dec

    Public holiday

  • 1 day

    Christmas Day Holiday

    25 Dec

    Public holiday

Easier days

No easier day breaks away from the pack.

Tougher days

25 Dec

Peak Domestic Demand does the most to make this one of the trip's tougher days.

Peak Domestic Demand

26 Dec

Peak Domestic Demand does the most to make this one of the trip's tougher days.

Peak Domestic Demand

Plan again

Run another trip with the same place and new dates, or somewhere else entirely.

Score checked. Decision yours.