Popua Weather in August
Popua in August
The short of it: Popua in August averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 19 °C (65 °F), with 122 mm (4.8 in) of rain and about 11 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 19° · rain 122 mm · daylight 11 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
August in Popua brings afternoons near 25° and nights around 19°, with about 122 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Popua: highs scarcely reach 25°, nights fall to 19°. Wet spells are common — about 122 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 24 min in mid-August, 26 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Popua runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Folaha, 2 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Popua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FolahaTongatapu | 2 km S | 25° | 19° | 121 mm |
| TukutongaTongatapu | 2 km E | 25° | 19° | 122 mm |
| Nuku‘alofaTongatapu | 3 km NW | 25° | 19° | 122 mm |
| LongotemeTongatapu | 3 km SSE | 25° | 19° | 121 mm |
| HavelulotoTongatapu | 4 km W | 25° | 18° | 123 mm |
| VainīTongatapu | 4 km S | 25° | 19° | 121 mm |
| VeitongoTongatapu | 5 km SW | 25° | 18° | 119 mm |
| Tofoa-KolouaTongatapu | 5 km W | 25° | 18° | 123 mm |