Kiunga weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · small town · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Kiunga is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 63/100), with February and March close behind. Kiunga averages about 2,004 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 336 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,004
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 63/100
- Rain / year
- 4,121 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 28 m
When is the best time to visit Kiunga?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kiunga is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (63/100, 336 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kiunga?
Kiunga gets a moderate 2,004 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #25 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 4,121 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 336 mm | 11 |
| February | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 349 mm | 12 |
| March | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 462 mm | 11 |
| April | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 410 mm | 10 |
| May | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 401 mm | 9 |
| June | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 346 mm | 7 |
| July | 63 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 225 mm | 7 |
| August | 63 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 231 mm | 8 |
| September | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 313 mm | 9 |
| October | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 262 mm | 10 |
| November | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 355 mm | 10 |
| December | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 431 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Merauke Indonesia · 283 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Wamena Indonesia · 343 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
- Jayapura Indonesia · 403 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 751 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Manokwari Indonesia · 991 km · best in Oct · 2,192 h sun/yr
- Sorong Indonesia · 1,252 km · best in Jan · 2,389 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tabubil Papua New Guinea · 94 km · 1,835 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Lake Murray Papua New Guinea · 101 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Tanah Merah Indonesia · 108 km · 1,887 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bosset Papua New Guinea · 125 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Oksibil Indonesia · 154 km · 1,906 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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