Obo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · small town · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Obo is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 71/100), with August and October close behind. Obo averages about 2,055 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 109 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,055
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 71/100
- Rain / year
- 2,629 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Obo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Obo is July, then August and October. The dullest month is January (63/100, 321 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Obo?
Obo gets a moderate 2,055 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 8 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #20 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 2,629 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 | 24° / 75°F | 321 mm | 11 |
| February | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 306 mm | 12 |
| March | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 395 mm | 11 |
| April | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 310 mm | 10 |
| May | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 224 mm | 9 |
| June | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 161 mm | 7 |
| July | 71 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 109 mm | 8 |
| August | 71 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 109 mm | 8 |
| September | 67 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 127 mm | 9 |
| October | 69 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 121 mm | 10 |
| November | 63 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 178 mm | 10 |
| December | 63 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 268 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Merauke Indonesia · 144 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Wamena Indonesia · 469 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
- Jayapura Indonesia · 564 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 680 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Manokwari Indonesia · 1,098 km · best in Oct · 2,192 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,139 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bosset Papua New Guinea · 46 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Lake Murray Papua New Guinea · 67 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kiunga Papua New Guinea · 163 km · 2,004 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Sasereme Papua New Guinea · 170 km · 1,977 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Balimo Papua New Guinea · 184 km · 1,947 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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