Dumbéa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dumbéa?

Dumbéa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 1,196 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dumbéa?

The hottest day measured in Dumbéa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2004, reaching 30.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dumbéa?

The coldest day measured in Dumbéa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 2013, at 13.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dumbéa?

Almost never: Dumbéa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Dumbéa warmed?

Yes: Dumbéa warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dumbéa?

The wettest day measured in Dumbéa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1999, with 245 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dumbéa?

The windiest day measured in Dumbéa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1941, with winds reaching 76.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dumbéa?

The warmest month in Dumbéa is February (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dumbéa?

Dumbéa receives on average 1,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dumbéa?

Dumbéa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dumbéa (New Caledonia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 1,196 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 February (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (18.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Dumbéa averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.

Dumbéa has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 30.8 °C (on 1 February 2004) and the coldest 13.4 °C (on 3 September 2013).

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

DumbéaSouth Province

coords: -22.16°, 166.46°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

21.5°C

Average daily high

23.3°C

Average daily low

20.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,196mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

20.6km/h

Seasonal range

5.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

156 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.7 °C

Average feels-like low

20.5 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

185 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

30.8 °C

1 February 2004

Coldest day

13.4 °C

3 September 2013

Wettest day

245 mm

15 April 1999

Windiest day

76.1 km/h

22 February 1941

Strongest gust

131.8 km/h

22 February 1941

Hottest feels-like

37.8 °C

1 February 2004

Coldest feels-like

10.9 °C

6 August 1974

Sunniest day

13.4 h

22 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	28.8 °C2 December 2025	15.2 °C31 July 2025	22.5 °C	1,669 mm	0
2024	29.2 °C13 January 2024	15.1 °C21 July 2024	22.2 °C	1,277 mm	0
2023	29.9 °C22 January 2023	13.5 °C10 August 2023	21.6 °C	1,261 mm	0
2022	28.8 °C15 March 2022	15.7 °C18 August 2022	22.8 °C	2,283 mm	0
2021	28.9 °C21 February 2021	15.3 °C4 August 2021	22.1 °C	2,082 mm	0
2020	29.4 °C13 February 2020	15.5 °C6 August 2020	22.1 °C	980 mm	0
2019	29.2 °C22 February 2019	14.4 °C19 July 2019	21.7 °C	750 mm	0
2018	29.5 °C29 November 2018	14.5 °C17 August 2018	21.7 °C	1,280 mm	0
2017	28.7 °C13 March 2017	14.8 °C1 September 2017	22.0 °C	915 mm	0
2016	29.7 °C13 February 2016	15.0 °C9 August 2016	22.4 °C	1,026 mm	0
2015	29.9 °C30 January 2015	14.3 °C10 August 2015	21.7 °C	990 mm	0
2014	28.1 °C14 December 2014	14.2 °C23 July 2014	21.5 °C	1,097 mm	0
2013	28.1 °C13 March 2013	13.4 °C3 September 2013	21.5 °C	1,659 mm	0
2012	28.1 °C14 February 2012	14.8 °C15 August 2012	21.6 °C	1,597 mm	0
2011	28.9 °C13 December 2011	14.8 °C16 August 2011	21.9 °C	1,741 mm	0
2010	29.0 °C19 December 2010	14.9 °C15 July 2010	22.2 °C	795 mm	0
2009	29.2 °C20 February 2009	14.3 °C15 August 2009	21.6 °C	1,349 mm	0
2008	29.5 °C29 February 2008	15.7 °C11 August 2008	22.0 °C	1,380 mm	0
2007	28.7 °C25 December 2007	15.4 °C24 July 2007	21.9 °C	1,071 mm	0
2006	28.7 °C6 April 2006	15.1 °C11 August 2006	21.4 °C	1,094 mm	0
2005	28.7 °C14 February 2005	14.9 °C19 August 2005	21.7 °C	979 mm	0
2004	30.8 °C1 February 2004	14.8 °C9 July 2004	21.6 °C	1,155 mm	3
2003	29.7 °C2 March 2003	14.2 °C27 August 2003	21.7 °C	1,025 mm	0
2002	30.3 °C13 February 2002	14.9 °C16 July 2002	21.8 °C	1,104 mm	1
2001	28.2 °C27 February 2001	15.4 °C15 August 2001	21.7 °C	1,154 mm	0
2000	28.0 °C1 February 2000	15.1 °C6 August 2000	21.5 °C	1,170 mm	0
1999	28.5 °C21 February 1999	15.2 °C1 August 1999	21.8 °C	1,956 mm	0
1998	28.8 °C24 January 1998	15.5 °C1 August 1998	22.7 °C	1,299 mm	0
1997	30.0 °C4 March 1997	14.7 °C27 August 1997	21.5 °C	876 mm	1
1996	29.7 °C11 February 1996	14.1 °C3 August 1996	22.0 °C	1,648 mm	0
1995	29.0 °C10 March 1995	15.2 °C9 September 1995	22.0 °C	739 mm	0
1994	29.1 °C5 March 1994	14.7 °C14 July 1994	20.9 °C	953 mm	0
1993	29.1 °C29 December 1993	15.4 °C4 August 1993	21.2 °C	535 mm	0
1992	29.5 °C14 January 1992	15.1 °C16 August 1992	21.4 °C	812 mm	0
1991	29.6 °C1 February 1991	14.9 °C28 August 1991	21.3 °C	859 mm	0
1990	28.2 °C16 January 1990	14.5 °C2 October 1990	21.8 °C	1,449 mm	0
1989	28.1 °C12 January 1989	14.9 °C29 August 1989	21.7 °C	2,016 mm	0
1988	28.6 °C9 November 1988	16.0 °C16 August 1988	22.4 °C	1,532 mm	0
1987	27.7 °C22 February 1987	15.0 °C5 July 1987	21.3 °C	702 mm	0
1986	30.0 °C25 January 1986	14.4 °C26 August 1986	21.5 °C	1,173 mm	1
1985	28.3 °C4 January 1985	15.1 °C28 July 1985	21.5 °C	1,237 mm	0
1984	28.4 °C20 January 1984	15.5 °C10 August 1984	21.6 °C	1,326 mm	0
1983	29.3 °C19 January 1983	15.0 °C1 September 1983	21.7 °C	939 mm	0
1982	29.3 °C4 February 1982	14.5 °C29 July 1982	21.1 °C	968 mm	0
1981	28.3 °C8 February 1981	15.4 °C4 August 1981	21.5 °C	1,282 mm	0
1980	29.4 °C16 February 1980	14.2 °C11 August 1980	21.5 °C	886 mm	0
1979	27.9 °C16 February 1979	14.5 °C26 August 1979	21.3 °C	984 mm	0
1978	28.9 °C3 March 1978	14.4 °C1 August 1978	21.2 °C	1,136 mm	0
1977	27.8 °C2 March 1977	13.6 °C3 September 1977	21.0 °C	1,003 mm	0
1976	28.3 °C14 January 1976	15.0 °C10 September 1976	21.5 °C	1,446 mm	0
1975	29.0 °C20 January 1975	15.5 °C22 July 1975	21.9 °C	1,679 mm	0
1974	28.9 °C23 January 1974	15.0 °C14 August 1974	21.6 °C	1,367 mm	0
1973	28.7 °C16 January 1973	16.7 °C7 September 1973	22.1 °C	885 mm	0
1972	28.0 °C1 January 1972	14.5 °C6 August 1972	21.1 °C	1,358 mm	0
1971	27.8 °C1 March 1971	14.9 °C3 August 1971	21.5 °C	1,302 mm	0
1970	28.1 °C4 January 1970	15.9 °C2 July 1970	21.7 °C	1,176 mm	0
1969	28.0 °C25 December 1969	15.3 °C29 July 1969	21.2 °C	1,115 mm	0
1968	28.5 °C21 November 1968	14.9 °C28 July 1968	21.1 °C	994 mm	0
1967	27.8 °C17 March 1967	15.2 °C13 September 1967	21.4 °C	2,085 mm	0
1966	27.9 °C20 February 1966	13.7 °C7 September 1966	20.6 °C	969 mm	0
1965	28.1 °C4 February 1965	14.1 °C21 August 1965	20.7 °C	1,414 mm	0
1964	28.4 °C10 January 1964	14.2 °C15 August 1964	21.5 °C	1,215 mm	0
1963	27.8 °C2 April 1963	14.2 °C22 July 1963	21.0 °C	899 mm	0
1962	27.9 °C20 January 1962	14.4 °C9 August 1962	21.3 °C	1,612 mm	0
1961	28.5 °C3 December 1961	13.7 °C31 August 1961	21.2 °C	1,377 mm	0
1960	28.1 °C26 February 1960	14.6 °C17 July 1960	21.0 °C	864 mm	0
1959	28.1 °C20 January 1959	13.6 °C10 August 1959	21.1 °C	1,159 mm	0
1958	28.6 °C18 February 1958	15.2 °C29 July 1958	21.6 °C	1,060 mm	0
1957	29.0 °C16 February 1957	14.2 °C10 August 1957	21.2 °C	933 mm	0
1956	28.3 °C15 March 1956	14.2 °C23 August 1956	21.5 °C	1,233 mm	0
1955	27.9 °C23 February 1955	14.5 °C29 July 1955	21.7 °C	1,349 mm	0
1954	28.6 °C7 January 1954	15.1 °C20 September 1954	21.3 °C	1,203 mm	0
1953	27.7 °C19 February 1953	15.0 °C25 June 1953	21.3 °C	775 mm	0
1952	28.5 °C27 February 1952	15.3 °C24 August 1952	21.7 °C	1,002 mm	0
1951	28.2 °C18 February 1951	14.7 °C15 August 1951	21.1 °C	1,267 mm	0
1950	28.4 °C7 February 1950	16.4 °C2 October 1950	21.9 °C	1,505 mm	0
1949	29.0 °C5 February 1949	15.1 °C9 August 1949	21.4 °C	1,158 mm	0
1948	27.7 °C26 March 1948	14.3 °C18 August 1948	21.1 °C	1,439 mm	0
1947	27.9 °C16 January 1947	14.0 °C11 July 1947	20.7 °C	1,142 mm	0
1946	27.4 °C26 January 1946	14.2 °C30 August 1946	20.7 °C	868 mm	0
1945	28.0 °C2 January 1945	14.2 °C23 June 1945	21.1 °C	1,358 mm	0
1944	27.8 °C25 December 1944	15.3 °C6 August 1944	20.8 °C	771 mm	0
1943	27.1 °C30 December 1943	15.3 °C19 August 1943	20.9 °C	1,150 mm	0
1942	28.0 °C5 February 1942	14.7 °C20 August 1942	21.0 °C	968 mm	0
1941	27.9 °C24 February 1941	14.1 °C27 July 1941	20.7 °C	866 mm	0
1940	28.4 °C18 March 1940	14.5 °C8 August 1940	20.8 °C	703 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.5 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1669 mm

+473 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.5 °C	+0.6 °C	114 mm	-42 mm
Feb	26.1 °C	-0.2 °C	284 mm	+132 mm
Mar	26.3 °C	+0.6 °C	149 mm	-18 mm
Apr	25.9 °C	+1.6 °C	490 mm	+367 mm
May	24.6 °C	+1.8 °C	57 mm	-31 mm
Jun	22.9 °C	+1.4 °C	79 mm	-9 mm
Jul	22.1 °C	+1.6 °C	65 mm	-9 mm
Aug	21.3 °C	+1.0 °C	77 mm	+8 mm
Sep	22.5 °C	+1.3 °C	39 mm	-15 mm
Oct	24.6 °C	+2.1 °C	129 mm	+78 mm
Nov	25.7 °C	+1.7 °C	75 mm	+5 mm
Dec	26.1 °C	+0.9 °C	110 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

28.8 °C

2 Dec 2025

Coldest day

15.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

115.9 mm

14 Apr 2025

Windiest day

39.9 km/h

3 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

12 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

25 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.9 °C

7 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

30 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dumbéa?

Dumbéa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 1,196 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dumbéa?

The hottest day measured in Dumbéa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2004, reaching 30.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dumbéa?

The coldest day measured in Dumbéa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 2013, at 13.4 °C.

Does it snow in Dumbéa?

Almost never: Dumbéa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Dumbéa warmed?

Yes: Dumbéa warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dumbéa?

The wettest day measured in Dumbéa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1999, with 245 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dumbéa?

The windiest day measured in Dumbéa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1941, with winds reaching 76.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dumbéa?

The warmest month in Dumbéa is February (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Dumbéa?

Dumbéa receives on average 1,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dumbéa?

Dumbéa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dumbéa?

Yes: Dumbéa has on average 185 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dumbéa?

In Dumbéa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 1 February 2004, and the lowest was 10.9 °C on 6 August 1974.

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