Kimbe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · beach resort · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Kimbe is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 64/100), with October and January close behind. Kimbe averages about 1,958 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 143 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,958
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 64/100
- Rain / year
- 2,391 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- 12 m
When is the best time to visit Kimbe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kimbe is August, then October and January. The dullest month is January (63/100, 323 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kimbe?
Kimbe gets a moderate 1,958 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 1 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #29 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 2,391 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 323 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| February | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 276 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 309 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 201 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| May | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 148 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 158 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 170 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 143 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 156 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 144 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 63 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 172 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| December | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 191 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
Sea temperature in Kimbe by month
The sea off Kimbe is warmest in January at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 30°C / 86°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 565 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Jayapura Indonesia · 1,143 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Honiara Solomon Islands · 1,151 km · best in Sep · 2,179 h sun/yr
- Merauke Indonesia · 1,153 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Wamena Indonesia · 1,278 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,367 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gasmata Papua New Guinea · 90 km · 1,882 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kokopo Papua New Guinea · 252 km · 2,046 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kavieng Papua New Guinea · 324 km · 2,191 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Losuia Papua New Guinea · 346 km · 2,094 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Londolovit Papua New Guinea · 365 km · 2,265 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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