Madang weather in July

In July, Madang sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 169 mm of rain across 20.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 14% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Madang's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
169 mm
20.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:31 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
75%
3rd clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Madang is human settlement in Papua New Guinea.

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 28°C through the month.

A typical July day in Madang reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 4°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, 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 Madang

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.

Madang weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°43028.812.32.9
Feb29° / 24°39526.412.22.8
Mar29° / 24°46628.2123.0
Apr29° / 24°41427.411.93.1
May29° / 24°26224.411.83.7
Jun28° / 24°15020.611.74.1
Jul28° / 24°16920.511.74.4
Aug28° / 24°15117.611.84.7
Sep29° / 24°15117.3124.5
Oct29° / 24°22922.112.13.9
Nov29° / 24°33725.912.23.3
Dec29° / 24°4272912.32.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32575
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52674
62674
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Madang gets around 169 mm of rain over 20.5 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 66% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
170
270
369
469
568
668
768
868
967
1067
1167
1267
1366
1466
1566
1666
1765
1865
1965
2065
2165
2265
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2464
2564
2664
2763
2863
2963
3063
3162

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 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
17921
28020
38119
48119
58218
68218
78218
88218
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318911

Wind in July

Winds average 4 km/h in July.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 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 6:29 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:296:11
211.76:296:11
311.76:296:12
411.76:306:12
511.76:306:12
611.76:306:12
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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 4.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.41 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Madang

In seasonPeak

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

Madang 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 July a good time to visit Madang?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Madang for sightseeing.

What to pack for Madang in July

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

In July, Madang sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Madang in July

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in December 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°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug28Warm
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Madang in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madang peaks around March 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 13UV 16Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Madang?

Madang sits at 5.2°S, 145.8°E, 4 m above sea level, in Papua New Guinea. The nearest listed city is Goroka, 106 km away.

GorokaMount HagenLaeBuloloMendiWewakPopondettaKimbe

Topography around Madang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,835 m.

The land around Madang is covered by trees (45%), water (25%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, water (51%) and trees (47%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
548 m
80 km
3,835 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
July weather nearby: Goroka 106 km · Mount Hagen 186 km · Lae 214 km · Bulolo 240 km · Mendi 257 km · Wewak 303 km · Popondetta 478 km · Kimbe 483 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 Madang (-5.2215°, 145.7869°, elevation 4 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).