Wapenamanda weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · highland town · highland climate
The best time to visit Wapenamanda is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with July and January close behind. Wapenamanda averages about 1,949 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 112 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,949
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 2,263 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 34k
- Elevation
- 1,794 m
When is the best time to visit Wapenamanda?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Wapenamanda is August, then July and January. The dullest month is January (63/100, 228 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Wapenamanda?
Wapenamanda gets a moderate 1,949 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 6 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #30 of 37 destinations in Papua New Guinea for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,055 hours. The year's 2,263 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 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 228 mm | 10 |
| February | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 206 mm | 11 |
| March | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 253 mm | 10 |
| April | 63 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 250 mm | 10 |
| May | 63 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 209 mm | 9 |
| June | 63 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 168 mm | 9 |
| July | 68 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 118 mm | 9 |
| August | 69 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 112 mm | 10 |
| September | 63 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 149 mm | 10 |
| October | 63 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 151 mm | 11 |
| November | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 206 mm | 10 |
| December | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 213 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Merauke Indonesia · 500 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Jayapura Indonesia · 505 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 560 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Wamena Indonesia · 573 km · best in Jan · 1,717 h sun/yr
- Manokwari Indonesia · 1,213 km · best in Oct · 2,192 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,266 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 50 km · 2,169 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mendi Papua New Guinea · 63 km · 1,916 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tari Papua New Guinea · 107 km · 2,016 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Moro Papua New Guinea · 109 km · 1,916 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kundiawa Papua New Guinea · 127 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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