Isle of Pines
New Caledonia
An absurdly beautiful Pacific idyll where tall native pine trees abruptly meet brilliant turquoise lagoons.
Warmest month is January at 28°C on average. Coolest is July at 23°C. Driest reading falls in September with 8 rain days.
Costs and travel essentials
- Flight timeMethodology22h from London HeathrowGreat-circle plus routing overhead.
- Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors6,353 kg return from London HeathrowDEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
| Month | Avg high | Daily spread | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 3°C | 14 |
| February | 28° | 3°C | 17 |
| March | 28° | 3°C | 15 |
| April | 27° | 3°C | 17 |
| May | 25° | 3°C | 13 |
| June | 24° | 3°C | 9 |
| July | 23° | 3°C | 9 |
| August | 23° | 3°C | 10 |
| September | 23° | 4°C | 8 |
| October | 25° | 3°C | 9 |
| November | 26° | 4°C | 8 |
| December | 27° | 4°C | 10 |
What to do
- Swim in the crystalline waters of the natural pool at Oro Bay
- Sail a traditional outrigger canoe through Upi Bay
- Tour the ruins of the 19th-century penal colony
- Lounge on the blindingly white Kuto Beach
How we know this
Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Daily spread is the width between the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily highs, not a forecast error margin. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.