Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouméa weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Nouméa: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Port-Vila (541 km away). In July its highs average 24.4°C, 2.8°C warmer than Nouméa, with 66 mm of rain.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages 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
| 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 | 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, selected | 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.
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July in nearby cities
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 limitsHow 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.