Climate
Noumea features a tropical wet and dry climate with hot summers and warm winters. Temperatures are warmer in the months of January, February and March with average highs hovering around 30 degrees Celsius and cooler during the months of July and August where average high temperatures are around 23 degrees Celsius. The capital’s dry season months are September and October. The rest of the year is noticeably wetter. Noumea on average receives roughly 1100 mm of precipitation annually.
| Climate data for Noumea, New Caledonia | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.01 (78.81) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.12 (73.61) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
20.22 (68.39) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 112.9 (4.445) |
123.1 (4.846) |
134.6 (5.299) |
110.5 (4.35) |
90.6 (3.567) |
128.7 (5.067) |
73.0 (2.874) |
70.1 (2.76) |
39.2 (1.543) |
53.2 (2.094) |
62.9 (2.476) |
72.7 (2.862) |
1,071.5 (42.185) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 14.2 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 13.1 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 164.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 232.5 | 209.0 | 201.5 | 198.0 | 176.7 | 156.0 | 182.9 | 201.5 | 222.0 | 251.1 | 249.0 | 260.4 | 2,540.6 |
| Source: Hong Kong Observatory, | |||||||||||||
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