Arawa
City in Papua New Guinea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Arawa-Kieta: NASA, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Arawa is a city in Papua New Guinea, in Bougainville. About 40,266 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Papua New Guinea in our atlas.
It lies at 6.23° S, 155.57° E, about 28 m (92 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Bougainville time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Arawa. Green dots: other major cities of Papua New Guinea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Arawa has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Dec, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 26°C (78°F). Around 3,547 mm (140 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Kokopo · 420 km
- Kimbe · 604 km
- Popondetta · 857 km
- Lae · 947 km
- Port Moresby · 996 km
- Madang · 1,085 km
- Mount Hagen · 1,251 km
- Mendi · 1,314 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2100633 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q626729 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Arawa-Kieta: NASA, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)