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.

Six lead datapoints

  • Flight timeMethodology
    22h from London Heathrow
    Great-circle plus routing overhead.
  • 6,353 kg return from London Heathrow
    DEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January28°±2°14
February28°±2°17
March28°±2°15
April27°±2°17
May25°±2°13
June24°±2°9
July23°±2°9
August23°±2°10
September23°±2°8
October25°±2°9
November26°±2°8
December27°±2°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. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.