Tufi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · beach resort · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Tufi is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with August and October close behind. Tufi averages about 2,222 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 67 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,222
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 1,941 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Elevation
- 26 m
When is the best time to visit Tufi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tufi is July, then August and October. The dullest month is January (64/100, 310 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tufi?
Tufi gets a moderate 2,222 hours of sunshine a year. July (80/100) is noticeably better than January (64). It ranks #7 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 48% of the annual 1,941 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 310 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| February | 64 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 257 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| March | 64 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 359 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 64 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 168 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| May | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 144 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| June | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 143 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 80 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 67 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 80 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 63 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 75 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 90 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 77 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 83 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 73 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 104 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 64 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 153 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
Sea temperature in Tufi by month
The sea off Tufi is warmest in January at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in July at 28°C / 82°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 · 234 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 950 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
- Merauke Indonesia · 980 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Townsville Australia · 1,165 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr
- Honiara Solomon Islands · 1,179 km · best in Sep · 2,179 h sun/yr
- Jayapura Indonesia · 1,212 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Popondetta Papua New Guinea · 115 km · 2,179 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gurney Papua New Guinea · 177 km · 2,236 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Losuia Papua New Guinea · 204 km · 2,094 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Tapini Papua New Guinea · 268 km · 2,340 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gasmata Papua New Guinea · 331 km · 1,882 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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