Oamaru
Victorian buildings cut from fine white local limestone give Oamaru a distinctive streetscape, and the town also sits beside penguin colonies on the South Island's Pacific coast. It serves as the eastern gateway to the Waitaki Valley, home to New Zealand's first UNESCO Global Geopark — the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark — where hydroelectric dams have created lakes used for water sports. A café and restaurant scene larger than most towns its size rounds out the offer.
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- Population13,000
- Nearest water from center 0.4 km0.2 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 7.0 km4.4 mi
Nearest airports
Oamaru: quick answers
Where is Oamaru?
Oamaru is in New Zealand, about 94 km58 miles in a straight line from Dunedin.
How do you get to Oamaru?
The nearest airport is Oamaru Airport (OAM), about 17 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Oamaru?
The warmest month is January, averaging 15°C58°F across day and night; the coolest is July, at 6°C43°F. The wettest month is December, with about 99 mm3.9 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Oamaru?
OpenStreetMap lists 5 museums, 9 restaurants, 11 cafés and 9 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.