Climate averages 1991–2020

Palikir weather
in May.

A warm, very wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 25.6°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 318 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a warm month in Palikir: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 318 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.

From May to June, average highs stay level at 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 318 mm to 307 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

Palikir climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Palikir, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.5°C25.6°C	25.6°C	217	21.1	11.812 h
February	27.4°C25.6°C	25.6°C	183	17.9	11.912 h
March	27.6°C25.6°C	25.6°C	223	20.5	12.112 h
April	27.7°C25.6°C	25.6°C	265	23.8	12.312 h
May, selected	27.7°C25.6°C	25.6°C	318	26.3	12.412 h
June	27.7°C25.5°C	25.5°C	307	27.2	12.513 h
July	27.5°C25.3°C	25.3°C	316	28.8	12.512 h
August	27.6°C25.3°C	25.3°C	289	27.3	12.312 h
September	27.7°C25.4°C	25.4°C	274	26.0	12.212 h
October	27.7°C25.4°C	25.4°C	307	27.1	12.012 h
November	27.7°C25.6°C	25.6°C	294	25.8	11.812 h
December	27.7°C25.7°C	25.7°C	289	24.8	11.712 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 Palikir) is explained once on the Palikir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.