Is Paraparaumu safe? New Zealand travel risk
Is Paraparaumu safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Paraparaumu scores 25/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates New Zealand Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 29 Apr 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Paraparaumu scores 25/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and New Zealand (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Paraparaumu: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (38/100) and health and medical access (36/100).
A score of 25 is higher than the scores of 15% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 40.9144° S, 175.0056° E place Paraparaumu within Wellington at an elevation of 77 meters. Heading to Wellington: 45.8 km SSW.
Wellington
40.9144° S, 175.0056° E
77 m
Pacific/Auckland
28,701
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in New Zealand
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (18 °C avg high); Wettest: June (90 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 18° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 17° |
| Low °C | 15° | 15° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 10° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 57 | 49 | 64 | 63 | 86 | 90 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 78 | 61 | 65 |
Normals: Wellington (45.8 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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