Climate and average weather in Faaa
In Faaa, the weather is muggy, warm, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around December.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Faaa typically varies from 24°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 22°C or above 28°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Faaa for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late October.
- Hottest
- Mar
- 27°
- Coldest
- Aug
- 24°
- Wettest
- Dec
- 288 mm
- Driest
- Aug
- 59 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1768 mm
- 211 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.9–13.1 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 72 m
- 17.6°S
- Clearest
- Jul
- 41% cloud
Faaa weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to late October.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Faaa, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Faaa stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 27°C and low of 25°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 24°C and high of 25°C.
Days typically run about 1°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
| Avg low (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 25 |
| Feb | 27 | 25 |
| Mar | 27 | 25 |
| Apr | 27 | 25 |
| May | 26 | 25 |
| Jun | 25 | 24 |
| Jul | 25 | 24 |
| Aug | 25 | 24 |
| Sep | 25 | 24 |
| Oct | 25 | 24 |
| Nov | 26 | 24 |
| Dec | 26 | 25 |
Average hourly temperature in Faaa
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on March afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 24°C.
Faaa weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26° / 25° | 257 | 24.3 | 12.9 | 4.4 |
| Feb | 27° / 25° | 231 | 22.2 | 12.6 | 4.4 |
| Mar | 27° / 25° | 187 | 21.2 | 12.1 | 4.9 |
| Apr | 27° / 25° | 144 | 18.9 | 11.6 | 5.2 |
| May | 26° / 25° | 115 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 5.9 |
| Jun | 25° / 24° | 85 | 13.3 | 11 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 25° / 24° | 63 | 12.8 | 11.1 | 6.8 |
| Aug | 25° / 24° | 59 | 11 | 11.4 | 7.1 |
| Sep | 25° / 24° | 77 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 6.8 |
| Oct | 25° / 24° | 118 | 15.6 | 12.4 | 6.1 |
| Nov | 26° / 24° | 144 | 19 | 12.8 | 5.3 |
| Dec | 26° / 25° | 288 | 23.9 | 13 | 4.5 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Faaa gets about 1768 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 6.0 months, from around Nov 7 to May 8, peaking in February at about 81% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 14.
December is the wettest month by volume, with 288 mm over about 24 wet days; August is the driest, with 59 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 79 | 79 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 41 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 63 | 76 |
| Rain days | 24 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 24 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 79 | 24 |
| Feb | 79 | 22 |
| Mar | 69 | 21 |
| Apr | 63 | 19 |
| May | 53 | 17 |
| Jun | 45 | 13 |
| Jul | 41 | 13 |
| Aug | 35 | 11 |
| Sep | 41 | 12 |
| Oct | 51 | 16 |
| Nov | 63 | 19 |
| Dec | 76 | 24 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Faaa collects about 1768 mm of rain across 211 wet days — roughly 147 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 288 mm, while August is the driest at just 59 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 257 | 231 | 187 | 144 | 115 | 85 | 63 | 59 | 77 | 118 | 144 | 288 |
| Rain days | 24 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 24 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 257 | 24 |
| Feb | 231 | 22 |
| Mar | 187 | 21 |
| Apr | 144 | 19 |
| May | 115 | 17 |
| Jun | 85 | 13 |
| Jul | 63 | 13 |
| Aug | 59 | 11 |
| Sep | 77 | 12 |
| Oct | 118 | 16 |
| Nov | 144 | 19 |
| Dec | 288 | 24 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Faaa, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 6 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 25. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 79% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 26 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around May 5. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 65% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 36 | 41 | 49 | 55 | 65 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 63 | 50 | 35 |
| Cloudier (%) | 64 | 59 | 51 | 45 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 50 | 65 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 64 |
| Feb | 41 | 59 |
| Mar | 49 | 51 |
| Apr | 55 | 45 |
| May | 65 | 35 |
| Jun | 76 | 24 |
| Jul | 79 | 21 |
| Aug | 78 | 22 |
| Sep | 74 | 26 |
| Oct | 63 | 37 |
| Nov | 50 | 50 |
| Dec | 35 | 65 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 20, brings about 13 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around June 20, only 10 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.0 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:39 | 5:55 | 6:04 | 6:11 | 6:19 | 6:30 | 6:33 | 6:20 | 5:56 | 5:31 | 5:19 | 5:23 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:36 | 6:31 | 6:12 | 5:47 | 5:30 | 5:27 | 5:35 | 5:45 | 5:50 | 5:56 | 6:09 | 6:26 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.9 | 5:39 | 6:36 |
| Feb | 12.6 | 5:55 | 6:31 |
| Mar | 12.1 | 6:04 | 6:12 |
| Apr | 11.6 | 6:11 | 5:47 |
| May | 11.2 | 6:19 | 5:30 |
| Jun | 11.0 | 6:30 | 5:27 |
| Jul | 11.1 | 6:33 | 5:35 |
| Aug | 11.4 | 6:20 | 5:45 |
| Sep | 11.9 | 5:56 | 5:50 |
| Oct | 12.4 | 5:31 | 5:56 |
| Nov | 12.8 | 5:19 | 6:09 |
| Dec | 13.0 | 5:23 | 6:26 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Faaa averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 17 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around May 7 to Oct 25. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is January, down near 6 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 7 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 10 | Mixed |
| Apr | 11 | Mixed |
| May | 14 | Mixed |
| Jun | 16 | Bright |
| Jul | 17 | Bright |
| Aug | 17 | Bright |
| Sep | 15 | Bright |
| Oct | 13 | Mixed |
| Nov | 9 | Mixed |
| Dec | 6 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
Faaa is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.
The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 100% of the time. Even in August, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 4% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 38 | 47 | 47 | 31 | 14 | 3 |
| Oppressive (%) | 92 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 81 | 65 | 49 | 35 | 42 | 63 | 85 | 95 |
| Miserable (%) | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 6 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 10 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 13 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 8 |
| May | 0 | 3 | 15 | 81 | 1 |
| Jun | 1 | 8 | 26 | 65 | 0 |
| Jul | 2 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 0 |
| Aug | 4 | 14 | 47 | 35 | 0 |
| Sep | 1 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 5 | 31 | 63 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 1 | 14 | 85 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 1 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Faaa is typically breezy, near 22 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around May 21 to Oct 23. The windiest month is September, averaging about 25 km/h (breezy).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Oct 24 to May 20, with March the calmest month at about 20 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 20 |
| Feels | breezy | breezy | light breeze | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | breezy |
| Feb | 21 | breezy |
| Mar | 20 | light breeze |
| Apr | 20 | breezy |
| May | 22 | breezy |
| Jun | 24 | breezy |
| Jul | 25 | breezy |
| Aug | 24 | breezy |
| Sep | 25 | breezy |
| Oct | 23 | breezy |
| Nov | 22 | breezy |
| Dec | 20 | breezy |
Hazard calendar for Faaa
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Faaa's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Faaa
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Faaa throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late May, Faaa is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Faaa for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late October, with a peak score in the second week of August.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | good | good | good | good | good | fair | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 | fair |
| Feb | 4.4 | fair |
| Mar | 4.9 | fair |
| Apr | 5.2 | fair |
| May | 5.9 | good |
| Jun | 6.5 | good |
| Jul | 6.8 | good |
| Aug | 7.1 | good |
| Sep | 6.8 | good |
| Oct | 6.1 | good |
| Nov | 5.3 | fair |
| Dec | 4.5 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Faaa for hot-weather activities is from late March to mid November, with a peak score in the second week of August.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Faaa, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
Faaa packs about the same all year — highs hold near 27°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker.
In March, Faaa sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 25°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Faaa
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea offshore is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.
The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 |
| Comfort | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Tropical |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | Tropical |
| Feb | 29 | Tropical |
| Mar | 29 | Tropical |
| Apr | 29 | Tropical |
| May | 28 | Tropical |
| Jun | 28 | Warm |
| Jul | 27 | Warm |
| Aug | 26 | Warm |
| Sep | 26 | Warm |
| Oct | 27 | Warm |
| Nov | 28 | Warm |
| Dec | 28 | Tropical |
UV index (midday) in Faaa by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Faaa peaks around February 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 7 (very high).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | Extreme |
| Feb | 16 | Extreme |
| Mar | 14 | Extreme |
| Apr | 11 | Extreme |
| May | 9 | Very high |
| Jun | 7 | High |
| Jul | 8 | Very high |
| Aug | 10 | Extreme |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 13 | Extreme |
| Nov | 15 | Extreme |
| Dec | 14 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Faaa
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 8.5 | 9 | 8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9 | 8.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 | 7 |
| Feb | 9 | 7 |
| Mar | 8 | 6.5 |
| Apr | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| May | 6.5 | 4 |
| Jun | 6 | 3 |
| Jul | 6.5 | 4 |
| Aug | 7 | 5 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Nov | 9 | 7 |
| Dec | 8.5 | 7 |
Growing season
Faaa is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Faaa banks about 5,510 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 485 | 443 | 499 | 480 | 482 | 445 | 444 | 435 | 422 | 447 | 450 | 478 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 485 |
| Feb | 443 |
| Mar | 499 |
| Apr | 480 |
| May | 482 |
| Jun | 445 |
| Jul | 444 |
| Aug | 435 |
| Sep | 422 |
| Oct | 447 |
| Nov | 450 |
| Dec | 478 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Faaa receives about 5.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.1 and 6.6 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Sep 5 to Apr 4. The brightest month is November, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 4.1 kWh/m² — roughly 37% less than the November peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.1 | Intense |
| Mar | 5.9 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.2 | Bright |
| May | 4.5 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.1 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.3 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.0 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.8 | Bright |
| Oct | 6.3 | Intense |
| Nov | 6.6 | Intense |
| Dec | 6.3 | Intense |
Where is Faaa?
Faaa sits at 17.6°S, 149.6°W, 72 m above sea level, in French Polynesia. The nearest listed city is Papeete, 5.0 km away.
Topography around Faaa
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Faaa.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Faaa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 462 m around an average of 69 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,814 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,792 m.
The land around Faaa is covered by water (43%), trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (66%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and water (91%) within 80 km.
French Polynesia travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 1
- Exercise Normal Precautions
- Power plugs
- Type A / B / C / E / F
- 110 / 220 V · 50 / 60 Hz
- GDP per capita
- $22,440
- 2024
- Safe drinking water
- 90%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 0.4
- per 100k, 2009
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Faaa (-17.5593°, -149.6035°, elevation 72 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).