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Papeete weather by month

Papeete runs from about 24°C in August to 27°C in February, with February the wettest month at 664 mm.

warmest month

February

27°C

coolest month

August

24°C

wettest month

February

664 mm

worst air month

June

5 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Papeete
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January26°C599 mm253 h4
February27°C664 mm254 h4
March27°C195 mm324 h3
April27°C137 mm312 h3
May26°C66 mm315 h4
June24°C174 mm257 h5
July24°C258 mm279 h4
August24°C121 mm329 h4
September24°C272 mm322 h4
October24°C196 mm318 h5
November26°C160 mm344 h4
December26°C445 mm298 h4

About 3,605 hours of sun a year. Roughly 249 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.