Is Paraparaumu Beach safe? New Zealand travel risk
Is Paraparaumu Beach safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Paraparaumu Beach 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 Beach 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 Beach: 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 (38/100).
A score of 25 is higher than the scores of 15% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Situated in Wellington at 40.8880° S, 174.9830° E, Paraparaumu Beach lies 47.8 km SSW of Wellington. Time zone: UTC.
Wellington
40.8880° S, 174.9830° E
Lowland
UTC
9,087
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent 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 (47.8 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Paraparaumu Beach happened in April and December (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.7 on 15 Feb 2023 (53 km away) — USGS details
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