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Tarawa weather by month

Tarawa runs from about 28°C in March to 29°C in August, with January the wettest month at 705 mm.

warmest month

August

29°C

coolest month

March

28°C

wettest month

January

705 mm

worst air month

August

7 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Tarawa
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January28°C705 mm241 h7
February28°C221 mm289 h6
March28°C516 mm290 h6
April28°C229 mm320 h4
May29°C86 mm353 h3
June29°C73 mm343 h4
July28°C114 mm329 h7
August29°C23 mm357 h7
September29°C37 mm341 h7
October28°C35 mm355 h6
November29°C12 mm349 h7
December28°C84 mm340 h6

About 3,907 hours of sun a year. Roughly 151 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.