Madang weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · beach resort · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Madang is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with July and September close behind. Madang averages about 2,125 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 76 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,125
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 1,833 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 27k
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Madang?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Madang is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (64/100, 209 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Madang?
Madang gets a moderate 2,125 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #12 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 1,833 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 | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 209 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| February | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 169 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 221 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 192 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| May | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 175 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 125 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 74 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 94 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 77 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 76 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 70 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 113 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 69 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 120 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 168 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| December | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 171 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
Sea temperature in Madang by month
The sea off Madang is warmest in April at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in July at 29°C / 84°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 · 497 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Jayapura Indonesia · 653 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Merauke Indonesia · 698 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Wamena Indonesia · 768 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,298 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
- Manokwari Indonesia · 1,389 km · best in Oct · 2,192 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Goroka Papua New Guinea · 107 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kundiawa Papua New Guinea · 128 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 179 km · 2,169 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Lae Papua New Guinea · 183 km · 1,939 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wapenamanda Papua New Guinea · 215 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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