Kimbe weather in August

In August, Kimbe sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 156 mm of rain across 14.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kimbe's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kimbe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
25°
1st coldest
Rainfall
156 mm
14.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:09 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
71%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Kimbe is human settlement.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kimbe reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12825
22825
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42825
52825
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How August really feels in Kimbe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

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

Kimbe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°40629.412.33.4
Feb27° / 25°37526.312.23.4
Mar28° / 25°41329.3123.4
Apr28° / 26°31226.611.93.5
May29° / 26°17222.211.84.0
Jun28° / 26°15417.511.74.5
Jul28° / 25°16316.111.75.1
Aug28° / 25°15614.211.85.2
Sep28° / 25°16117.5124.5
Oct29° / 25°14819.812.14.2
Nov29° / 26°18324.112.33.6
Dec28° / 26°32428.212.33.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23169
33169
43268
53268
63268
73367
83367
93367
103466
113367
123367
133367
143367
153367
163367
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183268
193169
203169
213169
223169
233169
243070
253070
263169
273169
283070
293070
302971
312971

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kimbe gets around 156 mm of rain over 14.2 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 47% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
147
246
345
444
544
643
743
843
943
1044
1144
1244
1344
1445
1545
1646
1747
1847
1948
2048
2149
2249
2349
2450
2550
2650
2751
2851
2952
3052
3153

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
101090
201189
301288
401288
501387
601387
701486
801486
901585
1001585
1101585
1201585
1301585
1401585
1501585
1601585
1701486
1801486
1901486
2001387
2101387
2201288
2301288
2401189
2501189
2601189
2701189
2801090
2901090
3001090
3111089

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:135:58
211.86:135:58
311.86:125:58
411.86:125:58
511.86:125:58
611.86:125:58
711.86:125:58
811.86:115:58
911.86:115:58
1011.86:115:58
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1211.86:105:58
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2711.96:055:57
2811.96:045:57
2911.96:045:56
3011.96:035:56
3111.96:035:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 4.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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34.3Bright
44.3Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
74.4Bright
84.4Bright
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104.5Bright
114.5Bright
124.5Bright
134.5Bright
144.5Bright
154.5Bright
164.6Bright
174.6Bright
184.6Bright
194.6Bright
204.6Bright
214.6Bright
224.6Bright
234.7Bright
244.7Bright
254.7Bright
264.7Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kimbe

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Kimbe?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kimbe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kimbe in August

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

In August, Kimbe sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kimbe in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 20 km away) is warmest in November at about 30°C and coldest in August near 29°C.

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

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan30Tropical
Feb30Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Kimbe in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kimbe peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 11UV 16Jun 19UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Kimbe?

Kimbe sits at 5.6°S, 150.1°E, 27 m above sea level, in Papua New Guinea. The nearest listed city is Kokopo, 272 km away.

KokopoLaePopondettaBuloloMadangGorokaPort MoresbyArawa

Topography around Kimbe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kimbe has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 597 m around an average of 106 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 846 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,904 m.

The land around Kimbe is covered by trees (60%) and water (31%) within 3 km, trees (65%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
597 m
16 km
846 m
80 km
1,904 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Kokopo 272 km · Lae 371 km · Popondetta 415 km · Bulolo 428 km · Madang 483 km · Goroka 529 km · Port Moresby 547 km · Arawa 605 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 Kimbe (-5.5508°, 150.1377°, elevation 27 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).