Mendi
City in Papua New Guinea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Mendi Daytime: Kamaini.wane, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mendi is a city in Papua New Guinea, in Southern Highlands Province. About 26,252 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Papua New Guinea in our atlas.
It lies at 6.15° S, 143.66° E, about 1,729 m (5,673 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Port_Moresby time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mendi. Green dots: other major cities of Papua New Guinea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mendi has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Dec, with average highs near 20°C (67°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 11°C (52°F). Around 2,246 mm (88 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 · 71 km
- Madang · 257 km
- Lae · 374 km
- Port Moresby · 534 km
- Popondetta · 583 km
- Kimbe · 718 km
- Kokopo · 971 km
- Arawa · 1,314 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2090990 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1017120 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Mendi Daytime: Kamaini.wane, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)