climigo

New Caledonia

When to go?

The best months are June–November. Avoid January–April (often rainy, at times hot).

Climate zones

NouméaNouméaNouméaLifouLifouLifouBourailBourailBourailKonéKonéKoné

Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.

What is the climate like?

Area mean indicative, over the whole territory

Temperature and rain

January 28°23°
February 28°23°
March 28°23°
April 26°21°
May 24°19°
June 23°18°
July 22°17°
August 22°17°
September 24°17°
October 25°19°
November 27°20°
December 28°22°

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec22.5 · 28.2 °CJanuary: 22.5 · 28.2 °C23.0 · 28.4 °CFebruary: 23.0 · 28.4 °C22.5 · 27.6 °CMarch: 22.5 · 27.6 °C21.2 · 26.3 °CApril: 21.2 · 26.3 °C19.4 · 24.4 °CMay: 19.4 · 24.4 °C18.0 · 23.1 °CJune: 18.0 · 23.1 °C16.8 · 22.2 °CJuly: 16.8 · 22.2 °C16.5 · 22.3 °CAugust: 16.5 · 22.3 °C17.3 · 23.7 °CSeptember: 17.3 · 23.7 °C18.7 · 25.3 °COctober: 18.7 · 25.3 °C20.0 · 26.5 °CNovember: 20.0 · 26.5 °C21.6 · 27.8 °CDecember: 21.6 · 27.8 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 22.5 – 28.2 °C
Feb 23.0 – 28.4 °C
Mar 22.5 – 27.6 °C
Apr 21.2 – 26.3 °C
May 19.4 – 24.4 °C
Jun 18.0 – 23.1 °C
Jul 16.8 – 22.2 °C
Aug 16.5 – 22.3 °C
Sep 17.3 – 23.7 °C
Oct 18.7 – 25.3 °C
Nov 20.0 – 26.5 °C
Dec 21.6 – 27.8 °C

How much it rains

January 210 mm18 d
February 222 mm19 d
March 232 mm19 d
April 171 mm15 d
May 120 mm11 d
June 92 mm8 d
July 87 mm8 d
August 91 mm7 d
September 64 mm7 d
October 70 mm9 d
November 95 mm10 d
December 149 mm14 d

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec210 mm · 18 rain days · 12 mm a dayJanuary: 210 mm · 18 rain days · 12 mm a day222 mm · 19 rain days · 12 mm a dayFebruary: 222 mm · 19 rain days · 12 mm a day232 mm · 19 rain days · 12 mm a dayMarch: 232 mm · 19 rain days · 12 mm a day171 mm · 15 rain days · 11 mm a dayApril: 171 mm · 15 rain days · 11 mm a day120 mm · 11 rain days · 11 mm a dayMay: 120 mm · 11 rain days · 11 mm a day92 mm · 8 rain days · 12 mm a dayJune: 92 mm · 8 rain days · 12 mm a day87 mm · 8 rain days · 11 mm a dayJuly: 87 mm · 8 rain days · 11 mm a day91 mm · 7 rain days · 13 mm a dayAugust: 91 mm · 7 rain days · 13 mm a day64 mm · 7 rain days · 9 mm a daySeptember: 64 mm · 7 rain days · 9 mm a day70 mm · 9 rain days · 8 mm a dayOctober: 70 mm · 9 rain days · 8 mm a day95 mm · 10 rain days · 10 mm a dayNovember: 95 mm · 10 rain days · 10 mm a day149 mm · 14 rain days · 11 mm a dayDecember: 149 mm · 14 rain days · 11 mm a day

Rain days and how much water

Jan 210 mm18 d
Feb 222 mm19 d
Mar 232 mm19 d
Apr 171 mm15 d
May 120 mm11 d
Jun 92 mm8 d
Jul 87 mm8 d
Aug 91 mm7 d
Sep 64 mm7 d
Oct 70 mm9 d
Nov 95 mm10 d
Dec 149 mm14 d

Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day

Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm

Daylight hours

January 13 h 18
February 12 h 48
March 12 h 14
April 11 h 36
May 11 h 06
June 10 h 50
July 10 h 56
August 11 h 22
September 11 h 58
October 12 h 34
November 13 h 08
December 13 h 26

Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.

Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.

Cities