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Papeete in August

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Papeete is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Papeete is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
11h 33mon average

Is August a good time to visit Papeete?

Yes. August is one of Papeete's best months (July to September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in August, against 82°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in August, against 40% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in August, against 35% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

11h 33m in August, against 11h 06m to 13h 10m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July82°28°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August82°28°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September82°28°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Papeete sits, in August

Pacific/Tahiti
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:18 AMsets 5:48 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
17.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Arue57 km north

The land around Papeete, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in French Polynesia in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Papeete

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 18 km south of Papeete. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (234 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (234 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.