Punaauia climate — normals and trends
Punaauia (French Polynesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.1 °C and it receives 1,696 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is March (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Punaauia averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 223 rainy days per year.
Punaauia has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.7 °C (on 8 April 2016) and the coldest 19.0 °C (on 24 July 1988).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
PunaauiaÎles du Vent
- coords
- -17.63°, -149.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.1°C
Average daily high
25.7°C
Average daily low
24.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,696mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
26.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
223 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.6 °C
Average feels-like low
25.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
28.7 °C
8 April 2016
Coldest day
19.0 °C
24 July 1988
Wettest day
173 mm
25 November 1965
Windiest day
72.0 km/h
12 April 1983
Strongest gust
112.0 km/h
12 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
28 February 2019
Coldest feels-like
14.9 °C
1 September 2009
Sunniest day
13.1 h
28 December 1971
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 331 mm | +85 mm |
| Feb | 27.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 192 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 27.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 136 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 26.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 300 mm | +164 mm |
| May | 26.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 124 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 128 mm | +44 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 44 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 48 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 109 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 240 mm | +118 mm |
| Nov | 25.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 359 mm | +195 mm |
| Dec | 26.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 402 mm | +151 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Punaauia?
Punaauia has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.1 °C and it receives 1,696 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Punaauia?
The hottest day measured in Punaauia between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2016, reaching 28.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Punaauia?
The coldest day measured in Punaauia between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1988, at 19.0 °C.
Does it snow in Punaauia?
Almost never: Punaauia sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Punaauia warmed?
Yes: Punaauia warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Punaauia?
The wettest day measured in Punaauia between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1965, with 173 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Punaauia?
The windiest day measured in Punaauia between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1983, with winds reaching 72.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Punaauia?
The warmest month in Punaauia is March (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Punaauia?
Punaauia receives on average 1,696 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 223 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Punaauia?
Punaauia gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Punaauia?
Yes: Punaauia has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Punaauia?
In Punaauia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 28 February 2019, and the lowest was 14.9 °C on 1 September 2009.
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