Daru weather in July

In July, Daru sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 95 mm of rain across 19.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of July to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Daru's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Daru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
25°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
95 mm
19.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:47 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
69%
4th clearest
Wind
27 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Daru is capital city of Western Province, Papua New Guinea.

Density
1,601/km²
people per km²
Founded
1884

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical July day in Daru reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Daru

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Daru weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 26°25026.912.53.2
Feb29° / 26°24225.412.33.1
Mar28° / 26°28926.712.13.4
Apr28° / 26°31125.711.83.8
May27° / 26°23425.211.64.2
Jun26° / 25°16022.911.54.5
Jul26° / 25°9519.611.55.2
Aug25° / 24°8417.511.75.5
Sep26° / 25°7216.611.95.5
Oct27° / 25°11117.712.25.3
Nov28° / 26°12918.112.44.9
Dec29° / 26°20123.912.53.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33268
43268
53268
63367
73367
83466
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113565
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Daru gets around 95 mm of rain over 19.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 64% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
270
369
468
567
667
766
866
966
1065
1165
1265
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1464
1564
1664
1764
1863
1963
2063
2162
2262
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2461
2560
2660
2759
2859
2959
3059
3158

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1120736
2121726
3121726
4122725
5123715
6123715
7124705
8124714
9124714
10124714
11125704
12125704
13225694
14225694
15226684
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17227674
18228673
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20229663
21230653
22231643
23232633
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25334603
26335602
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29337582
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Wind in July

Winds average 27 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 26 km/h on the calmest days to 27 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
127breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of July to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:466:15
211.56:466:15
311.56:466:15
411.56:476:16
511.56:476:16
611.56:476:16
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 4.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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284.3Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Daru

In seasonPeak

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

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

Daru's rainy season runs December–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is July a good time to visit Daru?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Daru for sightseeing.

What to pack for Daru in July

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

In July, Daru sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 25°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and a windbreaker. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothesa windbreaker

Sea temperature near Daru in July

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in January 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.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Warm
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Daru in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Daru peaks around February 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 20UV 16Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Daru?

Daru sits at 9.1°S, 143.2°E, 11 m above sea level, in Papua New Guinea. The nearest listed city is Merauke, 315 km away.

MeraukeMendiMount HagenGorokaBuloloPort MoresbyLaeMadang

Topography around Daru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Daru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m.

The land around Daru is covered by water (55%) and mangroves (24%) within 3 km, water (60%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (63%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
46 m
80 km
80 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
July weather nearby: Merauke 315 km · Mendi 330 km · Mount Hagen 375 km · Goroka 410 km · Bulolo 431 km · Port Moresby 435 km · Lae 492 km · Madang 515 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 Daru (-9.0779°, 143.2089°, elevation 11 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).