Nouméa
Capital of New Caledonia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
NouméaCentre: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nouméa is the capital of New Caledonia, in South Province. About 93,060 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of New Caledonia in our atlas.
It lies at 22.27° S, 166.45° E, about 26 m (85 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Noumea time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Nouméa. Green dots: other major cities of New Caledonia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nouméa has a tropical savanna (dry summer) climate (Köppen As). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 27°C (81°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 20°C (68°F). Around 999 mm (39 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in New CaledoniaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2139521 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q9733 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- NouméaCentre: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Athletics track event at the 2011 Pacific Games: gérard, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
