Port Moresby Weather in August
Average highs run from 27°C on August 1 to 28°C on August 31, and lows from 24°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 29 mm over about 5 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 27°C
- Average low
- 24°C
- Precipitation
- 29 mm
- Record high
- 34°CAug 25, 1998
- Record low
- 15°CAug 24, 1990
- Daylight
- 11 h 42 min to 11 h 55 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 22°C
- Wind
- 28.8 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1995 | 16°C 1972 | 15% |
| Aug 2 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1973 | 18°C 1993 | 15% |
| Aug 3 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1998 | 18°C 1993 | 16% |
| Aug 4 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1998 | 17°C 1976 | 15% |
| Aug 5 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1995 | 19°C 1993 | 15% |
| Aug 6 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1973 | 18°C 1972 | 14% |
| Aug 7 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1981 | 16°C 1972 | 15% |
| Aug 8 | 27°C | 24°C | 31°C 1998 | 16°C 1972 | 16% |
| Aug 9 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1998 | 17°C 1972 | 16% |
| Aug 10 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1978 | 17°C 1981 | 16% |
| Aug 11 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1978 | 17°C 1974 | 16% |
| Aug 12 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1998 | 17°C 1976 | 16% |
| Aug 13 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1981 | 18°C 1981 | 15% |
| Aug 14 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1998 | 19°C 1974 | 14% |
| Aug 15 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1988 | 19°C 1972 | 14% |
| Aug 16 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1992 | 19°C 1976 | 14% |
| Aug 17 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1973 | 18°C 1972 | 13% |
| Aug 18 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1981 | 17°C 1972 | 14% |
| Aug 19 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1981 | 17°C 1972 | 15% |
| Aug 20 | 27°C | 24°C | 33°C 1981 | 19°C 1972 | 16% |
| Aug 21 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1985 | 19°C 1979 | 16% |
| Aug 22 | 27°C | 24°C | 32°C 1983 | 18°C 1972 | 16% |
| Aug 23 | 27°C | 25°C | 33°C 1988 | 18°C 1979 | 17% |
| Aug 24 | 27°C | 25°C | 32°C 1988 | 15°C 1990 | 18% |
| Aug 25 | 27°C | 25°C | 34°C 1998 | 16°C 1990 | 19% |
| Aug 26 | 28°C | 25°C | 33°C 1985 | 18°C 1990 | 19% |
| Aug 27 | 28°C | 25°C | 33°C 1988 | 20°C 1982 | 19% |
| Aug 28 | 28°C | 25°C | 32°C 1985 | 18°C 1997 | 19% |
| Aug 29 | 28°C | 25°C | 33°C 1991 | 19°C 1982 | 19% |
| Aug 30 | 28°C | 25°C | 33°C 1988 | 18°C 1997 | 20% |
| Aug 31 | 28°C | 25°C | 33°C 1974 | 19°C 1987 | 19% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station PP000092035, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-30. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.