Rabaul

Papua New Guinea

A fascinating, ash-draped township sitting immediately in the shadow of the highly active Mount Tavurvur volcano.

Warmest month is January at 29°C on average. Coolest is January at 29°C. Driest reading falls in August with 16 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January29°±2°24
February29°±2°27
March29°±2°25
April29°±1°26
May29°±1°23
June29°±2°20
July29°±2°19
August29°±2°16
September29°±2°18
October29°±2°19
November29°±2°24
December29°±2°28

What to do

  • Explore the eerie volcanic ash-covered remains of the old town
  • Inspect Japanese WWII tunnels carved into the hills
  • Watch the Mount Tavurvur volcano vent plumes of steam

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.