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Satellite view of Ela Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Ela Beach

Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea · Pacific Ocean

-9.4797, 147.1563 · Port Moresby, 1 km

  • 29°Sea · February
  • 30°High · December
  • 8.8 hSunshine · October
The dot marks Ela Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Ela Beach in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 26°CSea temperature
  • 8.8 hSunshine a day
  • 8 daysRainy days in the month44 mm in total
  • 24 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 24Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Ela Beach ↗
  • 8 kmAirport: Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport (POM)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 27.7 °C — 1.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJanuary and February29 °C
Most sunshineOctober and November9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September25 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°7 h231 mm
  2. Feb29°7 h186 mm
  3. Mar29°6 h294 mm
  4. Apr29°7 h147 mm
  5. May28°7 h90 mm
  6. Jun27°7 h69 mm
  7. Jul26°7 h25 mm
  8. Aug25°8 h35 mm
  9. Sep25°8 h35 mm
  10. Oct26°9 h44 mm
  11. Nov27°9 h69 mm
  12. Dec29°8 h112 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 28°Jun: 27°Jul: 26°Aug: 25°Sep: 25°Oct: 26°Nov: 27°Dec: 29°25°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Feb: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Mar: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Apr: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Jun: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Jul: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)Aug: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Sep: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Oct: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Nov: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)Dec: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)28°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 231 mmFeb: 186 mmMar: 294 mm294Apr: 147 mmMay: 90 mmJun: 69 mmJul: 25 mm25Aug: 35 mmSep: 35 mmOct: 44 mmNov: 69 mmDec: 112 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.7 hFeb: 7.1 hMar: 6.3 h6.3Apr: 6.8 hMay: 6.9 hJun: 6.6 hJul: 7.1 hAug: 7.5 hSep: 7.8 hOct: 8.8 h8.8Nov: 8.7 hDec: 8.3 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Ela Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Ela Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January292729231236.715
Februarywarmest sea292729186237.115
March292729294256.314
April292729147196.818
May28262890146.925
June28262769106.628
July2725262557.130
August2724253557.529
September2825253567.828
October2825264488.824
November29262769128.721
December302729112198.315

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Ela Beach: Ela Beach May 2015
Photo: Nick-D · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Ela Beach: KM23- Sports with local Papuans (7945183)
Photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Ramirez · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Ela Beach: KM23- Sports with local Papuans (7945186)
Photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Ramirez · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER31 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.131 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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