Mount Hagen weather in June

In June, Mount Hagen sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 173 mm of rain across 21.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in June, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of June to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Mount Hagen's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mount Hagen's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 173 mm; 21.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:33 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Mount Hagen is capital town of Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea.

Founded: 1934

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical June day in Mount Hagen reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

	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
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Mount Hagen weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 14°	520	27.7	12.3	3.7
Feb	22° / 14°	491	25.7	12.2	3.6
Mar	22° / 14°	491	28.3	12	3.6
Apr	22° / 14°	376	26.3	11.9	3.8
May	22° / 14°	230	23.4	11.7	4.4
Jun	22° / 13°	173	21.6	11.7	4.6
Jul	22° / 13°	199	23.4	11.7	4.4
Aug	22° / 13°	211	23.8	11.8	4.4
Sep	22° / 13°	231	23.8	12	4.2
Oct	22° / 13°	287	24.8	12.1	4.2
Nov	22° / 14°	316	25.3	12.3	4.0
Dec	22° / 14°	423	27.7	12.3	3.7

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	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
Clearer (%)	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17
Cloudier (%)	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	83	83	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Mount Hagen gets around 173 mm of rain over 21.6 wet days in June, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 72% and peaks near 73% 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
Rain chance (%)	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	72
5	72
6	71
7	71
8	71
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	71
19	71
20	72
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	73

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the comfortable band about 72% 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
Dry (%)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7
Comfortable (%)	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	70	70	71	73	73	74	75	75	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78
Humid (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	68	29
2	3	68	29
3	4	67	29
4	4	67	29
5	4	67	29
6	4	67	29
7	4	67	29
8	4	68	28
9	5	68	27
10	5	68	27
11	5	69	26
12	5	70	25
13	5	70	25
14	5	71	24
15	4	73	23
16	4	73	23
17	4	74	22
18	4	75	21
19	4	75	21
20	4	76	20
21	4	77	19
22	4	77	19
23	5	77	18
24	5	77	18
25	5	77	18
26	6	77	17
27	6	77	17
28	6	78	16
29	6	78	16
30	7	78	15

Wind in June

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

Across June, 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.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	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

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:30 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:16 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
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	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:30	6:11
2	11.7	6:30	6:11
3	11.7	6:30	6:11
4	11.7	6:31	6:11
5	11.7	6:31	6:12
6	11.7	6:31	6:12
7	11.7	6:31	6:12
8	11.7	6:32	6:12
9	11.7	6:32	6:12
10	11.7	6:32	6:12
11	11.7	6:32	6:12
12	11.7	6:33	6:12
13	11.7	6:33	6:13
14	11.7	6:33	6:13
15	11.7	6:33	6:13
16	11.7	6:33	6:13
17	11.7	6:34	6:13
18	11.7	6:34	6:14
19	11.7	6:34	6:14
20	11.7	6:34	6:14
21	11.7	6:35	6:14
22	11.7	6:35	6:14
23	11.7	6:35	6:15
24	11.7	6:35	6:15
25	11.7	6:35	6:15
26	11.7	6:36	6:15
27	11.7	6:36	6:15
28	11.7	6:36	6:16
29	11.7	6:36	6:16
30	11.7	6:36	6:16

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 4.85 kWh/m² in October across the year — June's 4.25 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	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	4.2	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Mount Hagen?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Mount Hagen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mount Hagen in June

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

In June, Mount Hagen sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. About 22 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Mount Hagen in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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 Mount Hagen peaks around March 12 at about 17 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	17	18	16	13	11	12	13	15	15	15	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	18	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mount Hagen?

Mount Hagen sits at 5.9°S, 144.2°E, 1,728 m above sea level, in Papua New Guinea. The nearest listed city is Mendi, 71 km away.

Topography around Mount Hagen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mount Hagen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m around an average of 1,727 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,679 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,045 m.

The land around Mount Hagen is covered by trees (57%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (62%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

257 m

trees 57%

16 km

1,679 m

trees 62%

80 km

4,045 m

trees 87%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaces

← May Mount Hagen year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Mendi 71 km · Goroka 130 km · Madang 186 km · Wewak 265 km · Bulolo 305 km · Lae 320 km · Daru 375 km · Merauke 514 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 Mount Hagen (-5.8575°, 144.2306°, elevation 1,728 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. 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	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	22	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	72
5	72
6	71
7	71
8	71
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	71
19	71
20	72
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	73

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	68	29
2	3	68	29
3	4	67	29
4	4	67	29
5	4	67	29
6	4	67	29
7	4	67	29
8	4	68	28
9	5	68	27
10	5	68	27
11	5	69	26
12	5	70	25
13	5	70	25
14	5	71	24
15	4	73	23
16	4	73	23
17	4	74	22
18	4	75	21
19	4	75	21
20	4	76	20
21	4	77	19
22	4	77	19
23	5	77	18
24	5	77	18
25	5	77	18
26	6	77	17
27	6	77	17
28	6	78	16
29	6	78	16
30	7	78	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	72
5	72
6	71
7	71
8	71
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	71
19	71
20	72
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	73

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	68	29
2	3	68	29
3	4	67	29
4	4	67	29
5	4	67	29
6	4	67	29
7	4	67	29
8	4	68	28
9	5	68	27
10	5	68	27
11	5	69	26
12	5	70	25
13	5	70	25
14	5	71	24
15	4	73	23
16	4	73	23
17	4	74	22
18	4	75	21
19	4	75	21
20	4	76	20
21	4	77	19
22	4	77	19
23	5	77	18
24	5	77	18
25	5	77	18
26	6	77	17
27	6	77	17
28	6	78	16
29	6	78	16
30	7	78	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	72
5	72
6	71
7	71
8	71
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	71
19	71
20	72
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	73

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	68	29
2	3	68	29
3	4	67	29
4	4	67	29
5	4	67	29
6	4	67	29
7	4	67	29
8	4	68	28
9	5	68	27
10	5	68	27
11	5	69	26
12	5	70	25
13	5	70	25
14	5	71	24
15	4	73	23
16	4	73	23
17	4	74	22
18	4	75	21
19	4	75	21
20	4	76	20
21	4	77	19
22	4	77	19
23	5	77	18
24	5	77	18
25	5	77	18
26	6	77	17
27	6	77	17
28	6	78	16
29	6	78	16
30	7	78	15