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What the averages say
On these averages, Funafuti has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in September.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): October to August.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is January (29°C) and the coolest March (29°C). The wettest is January (325 mm) and the driest September (137 mm); about 2,532 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarWet
- AprWet
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Funafuti
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°C | 28°C | 325 mm | 80% | 85% | 5.3 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 29°C | 28°C | 317 mm | 81% | 85% | 5.2 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 29°C | 28°C | 237 mm | 81% | 76% | 5.6 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 29°C | 28°C | 165 mm | 81% | 70% | 5.4 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 29°C | 28°C | 165 mm | 81% | 65% | 4.9 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 29°C | 28°C | 165 mm | 80% | 65% | 4.6 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 29°C | 28°C | 171 mm | 80% | 64% | 4.8 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 28°C | 167 mm | 79% | 64% | 5.2 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 29°C | 28°C | 137 mm | 79% | 62% | 5.8 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 29°C | 28°C | 184 mm | 79% | 65% | 6 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 29°C | 28°C | 215 mm | 79% | 75% | 5.7 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 29°C | 28°C | 284 mm | 80% | 82% | 5.5 | 25°C | Wet |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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