Misima weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · beach resort · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Misima is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with September and July close behind. Misima averages about 2,453 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 109 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,453
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 2,191 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Elevation
- 8 m
When is the best time to visit Misima?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Misima is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (66/100, 233 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Misima?
Misima gets a moderate 2,453 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 7 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. Misima is the sunniest of the 37 destinations tracked in Papua New Guinea. The year's 2,191 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 | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 233 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| February | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 228 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 247 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 238 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 195 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 192 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 67 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 142 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 73 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 109 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| September | 68 | 27° / 81°F | 27° / 81°F | 140 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 159 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 162 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| December | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 146 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Misima by month
The sea off Misima is warmest in January at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in July at 27°C / 81°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 · 630 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Honiara Solomon Islands · 802 km · best in Sep · 2,179 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,029 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
- Hamilton Island Australia · 1,153 km · best in Sep · 3,060 h sun/yr
- Townsville Australia · 1,154 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr
- Proserpine Australia · 1,183 km · best in Sep · 3,060 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gurney Papua New Guinea · 277 km · 2,236 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Losuia Papua New Guinea · 310 km · 2,094 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Tufi Papua New Guinea · 425 km · 2,222 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Stirling Island Solomon Islands · 471 km · 2,318 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Gizo Solomon Islands · 527 km · 2,355 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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