Popua Weather in May
Popua in May
The short of it: Popua in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 21 °C (69 °F), with 129 mm (5.1 in) of rain and about 11 h 7 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 27° · low 21° · rain 129 mm · daylight 11 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Popua an average May high of 27°, a low of 21° and some 129 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 21°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 129 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 7 min in mid-May, 31 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Popua runs about middling and drier than most in May. Folaha, 2 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Popua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 122 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FolahaTongatapu | 2 km S | 27° | 21° | 135 mm |
| TukutongaTongatapu | 2 km E | 27° | 21° | 129 mm |
| Nuku‘alofaTongatapu | 3 km NW | 27° | 21° | 129 mm |
| LongotemeTongatapu | 3 km SSE | 27° | 21° | 135 mm |
| HavelulotoTongatapu | 4 km W | 27° | 21° | 130 mm |
| VainīTongatapu | 4 km S | 27° | 21° | 135 mm |
| VeitongoTongatapu | 5 km SW | 27° | 21° | 139 mm |
| Tofoa-KolouaTongatapu | 5 km W | 27° | 21° | 130 mm |