Tapini weather by month & the best time to visit

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · small town · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Tapini is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with September and August close behind. Tapini averages about 2,340 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 29 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,340

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

87/100

Rain / year

1,219 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

6k

Elevation

938 m

When is the best time to visit Tapini?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Tapini is July, then September and August. The dullest month is January (65/100, 208 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Tapini?

Tapini gets a moderate 2,340 hours of sunshine a year. July (87/100) is noticeably better than January (65). It ranks #4 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,055 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around February, carries about 51% of the annual 1,219 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 123 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
• Merauke Indonesia · 723 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
• Cairns Australia · 957 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
• Jayapura Indonesia · 962 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
• Wamena Indonesia · 1,007 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
• Townsville Australia · 1,212 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Kerema Papua New Guinea · 141 km · 1,926 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Popondetta Papua New Guinea · 153 km · 2,179 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Lae Papua New Guinea · 201 km · 1,939 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Baimuru Papua New Guinea · 257 km · 2,060 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Tufi Papua New Guinea · 268 km · 2,222 h sun/yr · best in Jul