Madang
City in Papua New Guinea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Madang is a city in Papua New Guinea, in Madang Province. About 27,419 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Papua New Guinea in our atlas.
It lies at 5.22° S, 145.79° E, about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Port_Moresby time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Madang. Green dots: other major cities of Papua New Guinea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Madang has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 23°C (73°F). Around 1,832 mm (72 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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- Mount Hagen · 186 km
- Lae · 214 km
- Mendi · 257 km
- Popondetta · 477 km
- Kimbe · 482 km
- Port Moresby · 496 km
- Kokopo · 723 km
- Arawa · 1,087 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2091996 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q586673 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.