Palikir climate

Name: Palikir
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Palikir is warmest in September, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 25 °C. July is the wettest month (316 mm) and February the driest (192 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Palikir averages 3,246 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Micronesia · 90 m elevation · population 6,942 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month September 28 °C
Coldest month July 25 °C
Driest month February 192 mm
Wettest month July 316 mm
Least cloud February 71 % cloud
Hottest on record October 30 °C
Coldest on record March 23 °C
Warmest sea September 30 °C

What to expectPalikir through the year

Palikir changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 28 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in October.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 192 mm in February to 316 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Palikir is warmest in September at 30 °C and coldest in February at 28 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.6 °C	218 mm	73 %
February	27.5 °C	192 mm	71 %
March	27.7 °C	223 mm	73 %
April	27.8 °C	264 mm	76 %
May	27.8 °C	309 mm	79 %
June	27.8 °C	299 mm	79 %
July	27.7 °C	316 mm	79 %
August	27.7 °C	281 mm	76 %
September	27.9 °C	270 mm	76 %
October	27.8 °C	300 mm	78 %
November	27.9 °C	296 mm	77 %
December	27.8 °C	279 mm	73 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	27.6 °C	25.6 °C	26.5 °C	29.1 °C	24.1 °C	31
February	27.5 °C	25.5 °C	26.5 °C	29.3 °C	24.1 °C	28
March	27.7 °C	25.6 °C	26.6 °C	29.3 °C	23.4 °C	31
April	27.8 °C	25.6 °C	26.6 °C	29.9 °C	24.3 °C	30
May	27.8 °C	25.6 °C	26.7 °C	29.6 °C	24.0 °C	31
June	27.8 °C	25.5 °C	26.6 °C	29.5 °C	24.1 °C	30
July	27.7 °C	25.3 °C	26.4 °C	29.7 °C	23.9 °C	31
August	27.7 °C	25.3 °C	26.5 °C	29.9 °C	23.8 °C	31
September	27.9 °C	25.4 °C	26.6 °C	30.0 °C	24.1 °C	30
October	27.8 °C	25.4 °C	26.6 °C	30.2 °C	23.7 °C	31
November	27.9 °C	25.6 °C	26.6 °C	30.1 °C	24.2 °C	30
December	27.8 °C	25.7 °C	26.7 °C	29.6 °C	23.5 °C	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	218 mm	21	12 h/day	73 %	82 %	32 km/h	28.5 °C
February	192 mm	18	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	32 km/h	28.4 °C
March	223 mm	21	12 h/day	73 %	82 %	30 km/h	28.6 °C
April	264 mm	24	12 h/day	76 %	83 %	28 km/h	28.8 °C
May	309 mm	27	12 h/day	79 %	84 %	25 km/h	29.0 °C
June	299 mm	27	13 h/day	79 %	84 %	24 km/h	29.2 °C
July	316 mm	28	12 h/day	79 %	84 %	21 km/h	29.3 °C
August	281 mm	27	12 h/day	76 %	84 %	19 km/h	29.5 °C
September	270 mm	26	12 h/day	76 %	84 %	19 km/h	29.6 °C
October	300 mm	27	12 h/day	78 %	84 %	20 km/h	29.5 °C
November	296 mm	26	12 h/day	77 %	84 %	23 km/h	29.4 °C
December	279 mm	25	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	30 km/h	28.9 °C

Where Palikir ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in November	38th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in October	42nd of 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Palikir.

QuestionsCommon questions about Palikir’s climate

When is the best time to visit Palikir?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Palikir get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 25 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Palikir?

July, averaging 316 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 192 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,246 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Palikir rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 6.925°, 158.161° , 90 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.