Similar Climates › City Pairings › Papeete ≈ Port Vila
City Pairings
close match
Papeete, French Polynesia and Port Vila, Vanuatu are a close climate match — 4,454 km (2,768 mi) apart. Papeete is Köppen zone Af; Port Vila is Af.
See Papeete on the interactive map →Papeete and Port Vila both sit in the tropical rainforest (Af) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They are about 4,454 km (2,768 mi) apart, so Port Vila is a reachable stand-in when you want Papeete’s weather elsewhere.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Port Vila should feel familiar if you know Papeete. Temperatures stay tight: January means match within half a degree; July by 2°C (Port Vila cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Port Vila is 35 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Port Vila at 9.7 h/day on average versus 9.4 h/day in Papeete (January 10.2 h / 9.3 h, July 9.2 h / 9.6 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (8 µg/m³ in Port Vila, 6 in Papeete). Dew points differ modestly (January 23°C vs 21°C; July 19°C vs 17°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Port Vila, Vanuatu is the closest distant match for Papeete, French Polynesia — scored close, about 4,454 km (2,768 mi) away.
Papeete and Port Vila are separated by roughly 4,454 km (2,768 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are tropical rainforest (Af).
Papeete has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 23°C with 330 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 20°C and 60 mm.
Papeete averages about 9.3 hours of sunshine a day in January and 9.6 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 5.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 32); July averages 6.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 36).
Other close climate matches for Papeete: Port Louis (close), Natal (close), Apia (fair).
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