Kimbe
City in Papua New Guinea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kimbe Bay islands: Kimbe at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kimbe is a city in Papua New Guinea, in West New Britain Province. About 18,847 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Papua New Guinea in our atlas.
It lies at 5.55° S, 150.14° E, about 27 m (89 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Port_Moresby time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kimbe. Green dots: other major cities of Papua New Guinea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kimbe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 24°C (76°F). Around 2,384 mm (94 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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 · 271 km
- Lae · 371 km
- Popondetta · 414 km
- Madang · 482 km
- Port Moresby · 547 km
- Arawa · 604 km
- Mount Hagen · 653 km
- Mendi · 719 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2093967 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q59718 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kimbe Bay islands: Kimbe at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)