Bulolo weather in August

In August, Bulolo sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 213 mm of rain across 24.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bulolo's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bulolo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 213 mm; 24.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:25 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 1st clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bulolo reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	15
2	21	15
3	21	15
4	21	15
5	21	15
6	21	15
7	21	15
8	21	15
9	21	15
10	21	15
11	21	15
12	21	15
13	21	15
14	21	15
15	21	15
16	21	15
17	21	15
18	21	15
19	21	15
20	21	15
21	21	15
22	21	15
23	21	15
24	21	15
25	21	15
26	21	15
27	21	15
28	21	15
29	21	15
30	21	15
31	21	15

Bulolo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 16°	364	26.7	12.4	4.0
Feb	24° / 16°	320	24	12.2	4.0
Mar	24° / 16°	382	27.5	12	3.9
Apr	23° / 16°	309	26	11.8	3.9
May	22° / 15°	244	26	11.7	4.1
Jun	22° / 15°	204	24	11.6	4.2
Jul	21° / 15°	199	24.8	11.6	4.1
Aug	21° / 15°	213	24.7	11.8	4.1
Sep	22° / 15°	240	24.6	12	4.1
Oct	22° / 15°	253	25.5	12.2	4.1
Nov	23° / 16°	271	25.8	12.3	4.0
Dec	23° / 16°	359	27.7	12.4	3.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Cloudier (%)	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bulolo gets around 213 mm of rain over 24.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 79% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	81	81	81	81	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	79
18	79
19	79
20	80
21	80
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Comfortable (%)	50	50	51	51	51	52	53	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	55	55	54	53	52	51	50	49	49	48	48	48	47
Humid (%)	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	50	50	50	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	50	47
2	3	50	47
3	3	51	46
4	3	51	46
5	4	51	45
6	4	52	44
7	4	53	43
8	4	54	42
9	4	55	41
10	4	56	40
11	4	56	40
12	3	57	40
13	3	57	40
14	3	57	40
15	3	57	40
16	2	57	41
17	2	57	41
18	2	56	42
19	2	55	43
20	1	55	44
21	1	54	45
22	1	53	46
23	1	52	47
24	1	51	48
25	1	50	49
26	1	49	49
27	1	49	50
28	2	48	50
29	2	48	50
30	2	48	50
31	2	47	51

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:29	6:10
2	11.7	6:29	6:10
3	11.7	6:29	6:10
4	11.7	6:28	6:10
5	11.7	6:28	6:10
6	11.7	6:28	6:10
7	11.7	6:28	6:10
8	11.7	6:27	6:10
9	11.7	6:27	6:10
10	11.7	6:27	6:10
11	11.7	6:26	6:10
12	11.7	6:26	6:10
13	11.7	6:26	6:10
14	11.8	6:25	6:10
15	11.8	6:25	6:10
16	11.8	6:25	6:10
17	11.8	6:24	6:10
18	11.8	6:24	6:10
19	11.8	6:23	6:10
20	11.8	6:23	6:10
21	11.8	6:23	6:10
22	11.8	6:22	6:10
23	11.8	6:22	6:10
24	11.8	6:21	6:10
25	11.8	6:21	6:10
26	11.8	6:20	6:10
27	11.8	6:20	6:10
28	11.8	6:19	6:09
29	11.8	6:19	6:09
30	11.8	6:18	6:09
31	11.9	6:18	6:09

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 4.99 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 4.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bulolo

In seasonPeak

None of Bulolo's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bulolo?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bulolo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bulolo in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Bulolo sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Bulolo in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	29	30	30
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	30	Tropical
Feb	30	Tropical
Mar	30	Tropical
Apr	30	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	29	Tropical
Jul	28	Tropical
Aug	28	Warm
Sep	28	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	30	Tropical
Dec	30	Tropical

UV index in Bulolo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	17	17	15	13	11	12	13	15	15	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

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.

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

trees 56%

16 km

1,809 m

trees 76%

80 km

3,433 m

trees 79%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Bulolo year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather 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

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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	15
2	21	15
3	21	15
4	21	15
5	21	15
6	21	15
7	21	15
8	21	15
9	21	15
10	21	15
11	21	15
12	21	15
13	21	15
14	21	15
15	21	15
16	21	15
17	21	15
18	21	15
19	21	15
20	21	15
21	21	15
22	21	15
23	21	15
24	21	15
25	21	15
26	21	15
27	21	15
28	21	15
29	21	15
30	21	15
31	21	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	79
18	79
19	79
20	80
21	80
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	50	47
2	3	50	47
3	3	51	46
4	3	51	46
5	4	51	45
6	4	52	44
7	4	53	43
8	4	54	42
9	4	55	41
10	4	56	40
11	4	56	40
12	3	57	40
13	3	57	40
14	3	57	40
15	3	57	40
16	2	57	41
17	2	57	41
18	2	56	42
19	2	55	43
20	1	55	44
21	1	54	45
22	1	53	46
23	1	52	47
24	1	51	48
25	1	50	49
26	1	49	49
27	1	49	50
28	2	48	50
29	2	48	50
30	2	48	50
31	2	47	51

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	15
2	21	15
3	21	15
4	21	15
5	21	15
6	21	15
7	21	15
8	21	15
9	21	15
10	21	15
11	21	15
12	21	15
13	21	15
14	21	15
15	21	15
16	21	15
17	21	15
18	21	15
19	21	15
20	21	15
21	21	15
22	21	15
23	21	15
24	21	15
25	21	15
26	21	15
27	21	15
28	21	15
29	21	15
30	21	15
31	21	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	79
18	79
19	79
20	80
21	80
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	50	47
2	3	50	47
3	3	51	46
4	3	51	46
5	4	51	45
6	4	52	44
7	4	53	43
8	4	54	42
9	4	55	41
10	4	56	40
11	4	56	40
12	3	57	40
13	3	57	40
14	3	57	40
15	3	57	40
16	2	57	41
17	2	57	41
18	2	56	42
19	2	55	43
20	1	55	44
21	1	54	45
22	1	53	46
23	1	52	47
24	1	51	48
25	1	50	49
26	1	49	49
27	1	49	50
28	2	48	50
29	2	48	50
30	2	48	50
31	2	47	51

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	15
2	21	15
3	21	15
4	21	15
5	21	15
6	21	15
7	21	15
8	21	15
9	21	15
10	21	15
11	21	15
12	21	15
13	21	15
14	21	15
15	21	15
16	21	15
17	21	15
18	21	15
19	21	15
20	21	15
21	21	15
22	21	15
23	21	15
24	21	15
25	21	15
26	21	15
27	21	15
28	21	15
29	21	15
30	21	15
31	21	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	79
18	79
19	79
20	80
21	80
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	50	47
2	3	50	47
3	3	51	46
4	3	51	46
5	4	51	45
6	4	52	44
7	4	53	43
8	4	54	42
9	4	55	41
10	4	56	40
11	4	56	40
12	3	57	40
13	3	57	40
14	3	57	40
15	3	57	40
16	2	57	41
17	2	57	41
18	2	56	42
19	2	55	43
20	1	55	44
21	1	54	45
22	1	53	46
23	1	52	47
24	1	51	48
25	1	50	49
26	1	49	49
27	1	49	50
28	2	48	50
29	2	48	50
30	2	48	50
31	2	47	51