Popondetta
City in Papua New Guinea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Popondetta is a city in Papua New Guinea, in Oro Province. About 28,198 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Papua New Guinea in our atlas.
It lies at 8.77° S, 148.23° E, about 106 m (348 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Port_Moresby time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Popondetta. Green dots: other major cities of Papua New Guinea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Popondetta has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Dec, with average highs near 28°C (82°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 17°C (62°F). Around 1,362 mm (54 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.
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- Port Moresby · 143 km
- Lae · 264 km
- Kimbe · 414 km
- Madang · 476 km
- Mount Hagen · 545 km
- Mendi · 580 km
- Kokopo · 661 km
- Arawa · 852 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2088163 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1017376 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.