Lae weather by month & the best time to visit

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · small town · tropical rainforest climate

The best time to visit Lae is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with August and October close behind. Lae averages about 1,939 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 78 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

1,939

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

76/100

Rain / year

1,406 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

76k

Elevation

72 m

When is the best time to visit Lae?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Lae is July, then August and October. The dullest month is January (62/100, 181 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Lae?

Lae gets a moderate 1,939 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 14 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #32 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 1,406 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 324 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
• Merauke Indonesia · 728 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
• Jayapura Indonesia · 818 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
• Wamena Indonesia · 903 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
• Cairns Australia · 1,151 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
• Townsville Australia · 1,411 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Goroka Papua New Guinea · 157 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Madang Papua New Guinea · 183 km · 2,125 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Kerema Papua New Guinea · 188 km · 1,926 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Tapini Papua New Guinea · 201 km · 2,340 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Kundiawa Papua New Guinea · 203 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug