Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouméa weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nouméa: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Port-Vila (541 km away). In May its highs average 26.2°C, 2.3°C warmer than Nouméa, with 146 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May 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.