Climate averages 1991–2020

Papeete weather
in May.

A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 25.0°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 115 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a warm month in Papeete: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average May day.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 85 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Papeete climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Papeete, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.5°C25.2°C	25.2°C	256	24.3	13.013 h
February	27.6°C25.3°C	25.3°C	236	22.5	12.713 h
March	27.9°C25.7°C	25.7°C	187	21.2	12.212 h
April	27.7°C25.6°C	25.6°C	144	18.9	11.712 h
May, selected	27.1°C25.0°C	25.0°C	115	16.6	11.311 h
June	26.3°C24.3°C	24.3°C	85	13.3	11.111 h
July	25.9°C23.8°C	23.8°C	63	12.8	11.211 h
August	25.7°C23.5°C	23.5°C	59	11.0	11.512 h
September	25.9°C23.6°C	23.6°C	77	12.2	12.012 h
October	26.3°C24.0°C	24.0°C	118	15.6	12.512 h
November	27.0°C24.7°C	24.7°C	144	19.0	12.913 h
December	27.2°C25.0°C	25.0°C	288	24.0	13.213 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Papeete) is explained once on the Papeete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.