Lake Murray weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · small town · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Lake Murray is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 63/100), with February and March close behind. Lake Murray averages about 2,055 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 329 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,055
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 63/100
- Rain / year
- 3,362 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Elevation
- 15 m
When is the best time to visit Lake Murray?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lake Murray is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (63/100, 329 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lake Murray?
Lake Murray gets a moderate 2,055 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #19 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 3,362 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 | 25° / 77°F | 329 mm | 11 |
| February | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 328 mm | 12 |
| March | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 434 mm | 11 |
| April | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 362 mm | 10 |
| May | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 311 mm | 9 |
| June | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 248 mm | 7 |
| July | 63 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 165 mm | 8 |
| August | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 172 mm | 8 |
| September | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 215 mm | 9 |
| October | 63 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 187 mm | 10 |
| November | 63 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 263 mm | 10 |
| December | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 348 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Merauke Indonesia · 206 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Wamena Indonesia · 429 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
- Jayapura Indonesia · 504 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 686 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Manokwari Indonesia · 1,070 km · best in Oct · 2,192 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,191 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bosset Papua New Guinea · 50 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Obo Papua New Guinea · 67 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kiunga Papua New Guinea · 101 km · 2,004 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Sasereme Papua New Guinea · 166 km · 1,977 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tanah Merah Indonesia · 166 km · 1,887 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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