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What the averages say
On these averages, Popondetta has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April to December.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): January to March.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is December (28°C) and the coolest May (25°C). The wettest is March (293 mm) and the driest July (34 mm); about 1,362 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 year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarWet
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Popondetta
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°C | 19°C | 233 mm | 87% | 88% | 5.1 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 26°C | 19°C | 161 mm | 88% | 88% | 5.1 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 25°C | 19°C | 293 mm | 90% | 88% | 4.8 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 25°C | 19°C | 144 mm | 90% | 83% | 4.6 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 25°C | 19°C | 79 mm | 89% | 80% | 4.2 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 25°C | 18°C | 77 mm | 87% | 78% | 4 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 25°C | 17°C | 34 mm | 83% | 77% | 4.4 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 26°C | 17°C | 48 mm | 79% | 72% | 4.9 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 27°C | 17°C | 48 mm | 78% | 76% | 5.2 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 27°C | 18°C | 55 mm | 77% | 75% | 5.7 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 28°C | 19°C | 77 mm | 79% | 80% | 5.5 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 28°C | 19°C | 113 mm | 80% | 83% | 5.6 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
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.
The model's grid cell sits about 724 m higher than the town, so real temperatures there run a little warmer than these.
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