Climate and average weather in Bulolo

In Bulolo, the weather is warm, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around March.

Best: all year

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bulolo typically varies from 15°C to 24°C, and is rarely below 13°C or above 26°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, Bulolo has no single best season — it scores well the whole year round, so any month is a good time to visit for warm-weather activities.

Hottest
Feb
24°
Coldest
Jul
15°
Wettest
Mar
382 mm
Driest
Jul
199 mm
Rain / yr
3357 mm
307 wet days
Daylight
11.6–12.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
677 m
7.2°S
Clearest
Aug
82% cloud

Bulolo 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 holds near its peak the whole year round.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bulolo, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Bulolo stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 24°C and low of 16°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 15°C and high of 21°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2416
Feb2416
Mar2416
Apr2316
May2215
Jun2215
Jul2115
Aug2115
Sep2215
Oct2215
Nov2316
Dec2316

Average hourly temperature in Bulolo

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 February afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 15°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bulolo weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 16°36426.712.44.0
Feb24° / 16°3202412.24.0
Mar24° / 16°38227.5123.9
Apr23° / 16°3092611.83.9
May22° / 15°2442611.74.1
Jun22° / 15°2042411.64.2
Jul21° / 15°19924.811.64.1
Aug21° / 15°21324.711.84.1
Sep22° / 15°24024.6124.1
Oct22° / 15°25325.512.24.1
Nov23° / 16°27125.812.34.0
Dec23° / 16°35927.712.43.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bulolo gets about 3357 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 6 to May 8, peaking in December at about 90% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 9.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 382 mm over about 28 wet days; July is the driest, with 199 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 17 · 90%Aug 9 · 78%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8627
Feb8624
Mar8828
Apr8726
May8326
Jun8024
Jul8025
Aug7925
Sep8225
Oct8326
Nov8626
Dec8828

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bulolo collects about 3357 mm of rain across 307 wet days — roughly 280 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 382 mm, while July is the driest at just 199 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec364320382309244204199213240253271359
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan36427
Feb32024
Mar38228
Apr30926
May24426
Jun20424
Jul19925
Aug21325
Sep24025
Oct25326
Nov27126
Dec35928

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bulolo, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 8 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 28. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 15% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 29 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around May 7. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 97% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 9 · 16%Mar 4 · 2%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan496
Feb397
Mar496
Apr694
May1090
Jun1189
Jul1288
Aug1585
Sep1486
Oct1090
Nov892
Dec496

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 January 1, brings about 12 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around May 22, only 11 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 0 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.46:116:34
Feb12.26:216:35
Mar12.06:226:25
Apr11.86:186:09
May11.76:206:00
Jun11.66:266:01
Jul11.66:306:08
Aug11.86:256:10
Sep12.06:096:07
Oct12.25:546:03
Nov12.35:496:09
Dec12.45:576:22

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bulolo gets about 1 sunny days a month gloomy — and it barely shifts through the year, holding between 0 and 2 days every month. Clear skies here are a flat line, not a season.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomySep 112 daysMar 110 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May1Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct1Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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.

In Bulolo, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.1 months, from around October 28 to June 1. The muggiest month is December, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 92% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around June 2 to October 27, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 55% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 13 · 59%Dec 20 · 6%humidcomfortablehumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan09865
Feb012826
Mar111826
Apr111854
May115831
Jun133660
Jul151470
Aug253450
Sep343540
Oct330670
Nov116812
Dec18875

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.

Wind in Bulolo is steady company: average speeds sit near 3 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 19 · 4 km/hDec 6 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb3calm
Mar3calm
Apr3calm
May3calm
Jun3calm
Jul3calm
Aug3calm
Sep3calm
Oct3calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Hazard calendar for Bulolo

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Bulolo sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Bulolo

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bulolo throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. In Bulolo it holds close to 4.2 all year, so any month is about as good as another for general outdoor tourist activities.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitation

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.0fair
Feb4.0fair
Mar3.9fair
Apr3.9fair
May4.1fair
Jun4.1fair
Jul4.1fair
Aug4.2fair
Sep4.1fair
Oct4.1fair
Nov4.0fair
Dec3.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. In Bulolo it holds close to 3.5 all year, so any month is about as good as another for hot-weather activities.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitation

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 Bulolo, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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.

Bulolo packs about the same all year — highs hold near 24°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Bulolo sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Bulolo

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 54 km away) is warmest in January at about 30°C and coldest in August near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan30Tropical
Feb30Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug28Warm
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index (midday) in Bulolo by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Bulolo peaks around March 12 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 12UV 17Jun 18UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Bulolo

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan8.57
Feb8.57
Mar8.57
Apr8.56.5
May7.56
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct8.57
Nov8.56.5
Dec8.56.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bulolo is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Bulolo banks about 3,252 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan305
Feb277
Mar302
Apr281
May277
Jun247
Jul240
Aug240
Sep242
Oct266
Nov276
Dec299

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.

Bulolo receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 3.7 and 5.0 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightOct 85.0 kWhJun 303.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.6Bright
Feb4.6Bright
Mar4.5Bright
Apr4.3Bright
May4.0Bright
Jun3.8Moderate
Jul3.8Moderate
Aug4.1Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct5.0Bright
Nov4.9Bright
Dec4.6Bright

Where is Bulolo?

Bulolo sits at 7.2°S, 146.6°E, 677 m above sea level, in Papua New Guinea. The nearest listed city is Lae, 66 km away.

GorokaMadangPopondettaPort MoresbyMount HagenMendiKimbe

Topography around Bulolo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bulolo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bulolo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 419 m around an average of 710 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,809 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,433 m.

The land around Bulolo is covered by trees (56%) and grassland (39%) within 3 km, trees (76%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
419 m
16 km
1,809 m
80 km
3,433 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Lae 66 km · Goroka 186 km · Madang 240 km · Popondetta 247 km · Port Moresby 259 km · Mount Hagen 305 km · Mendi 350 km · Kimbe 428 km

Papua New Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type I
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 58% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,020
2025
Homicide rate
9.3
per 100k, 2010
Road deaths
12.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 64%Roman Catholic 26%other Christian 5%non-Christian 1%

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 Bulolo (-7.2036°, 146.6401°, elevation 677 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).