Climate averages 1991–2020

Nouméa weather
in February.

A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.1°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 23.4°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 143 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Nouméa: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Port-Vila (541 km away). In February its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Nouméa, with 198 mm of rain.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 143 mm to 188 mm.

The annual picture

February 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

Nouméa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Nouméa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.7°C22.8°C	22.8°C	139	15.1	13.313 h
February, selected	28.1°C23.4°C	23.4°C	143	16.5	12.813 h
March	27.1°C23.0°C	23.0°C	188	18.9	12.212 h
April	25.6°C21.7°C	21.7°C	123	15.3	11.612 h
May	23.9°C19.9°C	19.9°C	99	11.4	11.111 h
June	22.5°C18.6°C	18.6°C	78	9.6	10.811 h
July	21.6°C17.4°C	17.4°C	64	8.2	10.911 h
August	21.6°C17.0°C	17.0°C	66	8.0	11.311 h
September	23.0°C17.5°C	17.5°C	48	6.8	11.912 h
October	24.5°C19.0°C	19.0°C	38	7.4	12.613 h
November	26.0°C20.3°C	20.3°C	65	8.5	13.213 h
December	27.3°C21.8°C	21.8°C	88	12.0	13.513 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.

Compare places

February in nearby cities

Distance from Nouméa

Port-Vila in FebruaryVanuatu · 541 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 26.2°C · 198 mm rain

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 Nouméa) is explained once on the Nouméa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.