Mount Hagen weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · highland town · highland climate
The best time to visit Mount Hagen is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with August and September close behind. Mount Hagen averages about 2,169 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 91 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,169
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 1,983 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 34k
- Elevation
- 1,635 m
When is the best time to visit Mount Hagen?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mount Hagen is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (64/100, 221 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mount Hagen?
Mount Hagen gets a moderate 2,169 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 11 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #10 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 1,983 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 | 64 | 23° / 73°F | 15° / 59°F | 221 mm | 11 |
| February | 64 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 196 mm | 12 |
| March | 64 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 241 mm | 11 |
| April | 64 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 217 mm | 11 |
| May | 64 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 171 mm | 10 |
| June | 68 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 130 mm | 9 |
| July | 75 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 91 mm | 9 |
| August | 75 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 88 mm | 11 |
| September | 69 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 124 mm | 11 |
| October | 68 | 23° / 73°F | 15° / 59°F | 129 mm | 12 |
| November | 64 | 23° / 73°F | 15° / 59°F | 182 mm | 11 |
| December | 64 | 23° / 73°F | 15° / 59°F | 193 mm | 11 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 515 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Merauke Indonesia · 523 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Jayapura Indonesia · 553 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Wamena Indonesia · 623 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,239 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
- Manokwari Indonesia · 1,263 km · best in Oct · 2,192 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Wapenamanda Papua New Guinea · 50 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kundiawa Papua New Guinea · 77 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mendi Papua New Guinea · 79 km · 1,916 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Goroka Papua New Guinea · 124 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Moro Papua New Guinea · 132 km · 1,916 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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