Lae
City in Papua New Guinea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lae-CityPanorama: Phenss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lae is a city in Papua New Guinea, in Morobe Province. About 76,255 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Papua New Guinea in our atlas.
It lies at 6.72° S, 147.00° E, about 44 m (144 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Port_Moresby time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Lae. Green dots: other major cities of Papua New Guinea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lae has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Dec, with average highs near 24°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 16°C (61°F). Around 1,405 mm (55 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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.
What to eat in Papua New GuineaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Madang · 213 km
- Popondetta · 264 km
- Port Moresby · 306 km
- Mount Hagen · 320 km
- Kimbe · 370 km
- Mendi · 374 km
- Kokopo · 638 km
- Arawa · 946 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2092740 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q612250 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lae-CityPanorama: Phenss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)