Weather in Papeete

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 2:01 am (GMT-10)

Now · partly cloudy 73 °F

Feels like: 76 °F
Low / high: 73 / 79 °F
Rain: 97% · 0.26 in
Wind: 13 mph ESE

↘ 30.01 inHg · falling UV 11 · extreme

Today in Papeete: heavy drizzle, 73 °F to 79 °F, with a 97% chance of rain (0.26 in) and a moderate breeze from the east-southeast (13 mph). Tomorrow, light drizzle, 72 °F to 80 °F and a 17% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Monday 2, at 81 °F. Next likely rain: Sunday 1 (67%).

Measured now at the airport

Tahiti Island/Faaa (NTAA), 2.9 mi away · 40 min ago

Visibility3.7 mi

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Temperature77 °F

Wind5 mph from the northeast

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

79° 73°
Today
80° 72°
Fri 30
80° 70°
Sat 31
80° 71°
Sun 1
81° 72°
Mon 2
80° 69°
Tue 3
78° 69°
Wed 4
78° 69°
Thu 5
79° 71°
Fri 6
77° 73°
Sat 7
81° 73°
Sun 8
79° 73°
Mon 9
82° 71°
Tue 10
79° 68°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	Model
Today · 29	Heavy drizzle	73 / 79 °F	97% · 0.26 in	18 mph ESE	6.0 ft	ECMWF
Fri 30	Light drizzle	72 / 80 °F	17% · 0.01 in	16 mph ESE	4.6 ft	ECMWF
Sat 31	Light drizzle	70 / 80 °F	27% · 0.02 in	15 mph ESE	4.2 ft	ECMWF
Sun 1	Light drizzle	71 / 80 °F	67% · 0.11 in	13 mph ESE	4.1 ft	ECMWF
Mon 2	Drizzle	72 / 81 °F	80% · 0.12 in	10 mph E	5.6 ft	ECMWF
Tue 3	Overcast	69 / 80 °F	43%	14 mph ESE	8.4 ft	ECMWF
Wed 4	Partly cloudy	69 / 78 °F	20%	16 mph ESE	7.9 ft	ECMWF
Thu 5	Partly cloudy	69 / 78 °F	24%	16 mph ESE	5.8 ft	ECMWF
Fri 6	Overcast	71 / 79 °F	45%	15 mph ESE	4.9 ft	ECMWF
Sat 7	Drizzle	73 / 77 °F	65% · 0.21 in	16 mph ESE	4.7 ft	ECMWF
Sun 8	Light drizzle	73 / 81 °F	55% · 0.18 in	17 mph ESE	4.4 ft	ECMWF
Mon 9	Drizzle	73 / 79 °F	60% · 0.31 in	15 mph ESE	4.0 ft	ECMWF
Tue 10	Drizzle	71 / 82 °F	47% · 0.18 in	6 mph ENE	3.8 ft	ECMWF
Wed 11	Light drizzle	68 / 79 °F	43% · 0.02 in	15 mph E	4.5 ft	ECMWF

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Light drizzle	Partly cloudy	Light drizzle	Light drizzle	Heavy drizzle	Light drizzle	Light drizzle	Light drizzle
Temperature	73°	73°	74°	78°	79°	78°	75°	73°
Chance of rain	59%	77%	77%	95%	93%	74%	51%	34%
Rain	0.01 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.01 in	0.04 in	0.01 in	0.01 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	13 ESE	13 ESE	14 ESE	18 ESE	17 E	15 E	15 ESE	14 ESE
Humidity	91%	92%	89%	77%	72%	78%	86%	91%
UV	0	0	0	5	11	3	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Low confidence

They don't agree on wind today: it may change, so check again closer to the day.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

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Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	79°	80°	80°	80°	81°	80°	78°
AIFS	77°	77°	77°	77°	76°	74°	74°
GFS	75°	75°	75°	77°	76°	75°	75°
ICON	79°	79°	80°	79°	79°	78°	78°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	0.26 in	0.01 in	0.02 in	0.11 in	0.12 in	0	0
AIFS	0.79 in	0.08 in	0.09 in	0.19 in	0.26 in	0.30 in	0.08 in
GFS	0.21 in	0.02 in	0	0.13 in	0.84 in	0.28 in	0.28 in
ICON	0	0	0	0	0.01 in	0	0
Confidence	medium	medium	medium	medium	medium	low	low

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	1830	1628	1526	1321	1022	1425	1629
AIFS	19	15	15	13	17	19	17
GFS	3132	3029	2525	2525	3030	2930	2828
ICON	1519	1317	912	811	69	913	1013
Confidence	low	low	low	low	low	low	low

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	97%	17%	27%	67%	80%	43%	20%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	100%	85%	90%	90%	61%	81%	81%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: a bit cooler and normal rain.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Below −2.7 °F	A bit above +23%	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	A bit below −1.8 °F	Normal	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit below −1.1 °F	A bit below −21%	84° / 74°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	A bit below −0.9 °F	A bit below −34%	85° / 74°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	Normal −0.4 °F	A bit below −28%	85° / 75°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain
November	Normal 0.0 °F	Below −56%
December	A bit above +1.3 °F	A bit below −45%
January	A bit above +2.0 °F	Normal
February	A bit above +2.5 °F	Normal
March	A bit above +2.3 °F	Normal

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give. The long-range sea temperature isn't usable at this spot (the model's grid cell falls on land).

Papeete climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Papeete is from June to September: highs of 78 °F to 80 °F, about 7 rainy days a month and 4 hours of sunshine a day.

Tropical cyclones rarely pass near Papeete: one within 93 mi in the last 30 years (1996–2025), Niko, in January 2015.

85° 71°

JanJ
85° 71°

FebF
85° 71°

MarM
83° 71°

AprA
82° 69°

MayM
79° 67°

JunJ
78° 66°

JulJ
79° 66°

AugA
80° 66°

SepS
81° 68°

OctO
82° 69°

NovN
83° 70°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves
JanuaryJan	85°	71°	9.79 in	18	4.7	83°	5.7 ft
FebruaryFeb	85°	71°	8.40 in	16	4.7	83°	6.0 ft
MarchMar	85°	71°	6.37 in	16	4.8	84°	5.9 ft
AprilApr	83°	71°	6.50 in	13	4.3	84°	6.0 ft
MayMay	82°	69°	5.46 in	10	4.4	83°	6.5 ft
JuneJun	79°	67°	4.52 in	8	4.7	81°	6.8 ft
JulyJul	78°	66°	4.04 in	7	4.2	80°	6.8 ft
AugustAug	79°	66°	2.81 in	6	4.3	80°	6.2 ft
SeptemberSep	80°	66°	5.12 in	6	4.0	80°	6.4 ft
OctoberOct	81°	68°	5.28 in	11	4.9	80°	6.2 ft
NovemberNov	82°	69°	7.42 in	13	5.0	81°	5.6 ft
DecemberDec	83°	70°	9.35 in	21	4.5	83°	5.5 ft

Month	Water	Waves
Jan	83°	5.7 ft
Feb	83°	6.0 ft
Mar	84°	5.9 ft
Apr	84°	6.0 ft
May	83°	6.5 ft
Jun	81°	6.8 ft
Jul	80°	6.8 ft
Aug	80°	6.2 ft
Sep	80°	6.4 ft
Oct	80°	6.2 ft
Nov	81°	5.6 ft
Dec	83°	5.5 ft

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 75.05 in of rain on about 143 days and about 1,650 hours of sunshine.

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now73 °Ffeels like 76 °F

Tomorrow72 / 80 °F

It's 73 °F now (feels like 76 °F). Today, 73 °F to 79 °F; tomorrow, 72 °F to 80 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 97% 0.26 in
Fri 30 17% 0.01 in
Sat 31 27% 0.02 in
Sun 1 67% 0.11 in
Mon 2 80% 0.12 in
Tue 3 43%
Wed 4 20%

Today the chance of rain reaches 97%, with 0.26 in in total. The next day with likely rain is Sunday 1: 67% and 0.11 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.06 in; last 3 days, 0.06 in; last 7 days, 0.15 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity91%

Dew point71 °F

Humidity is 91% now and the dew point is 71 °F. With a dew point this high, it feels muggy. The temperature is very close to the dew point: fog may form.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now2.4 mimisty

Clouds69%

Visibility is misty now (2.4 mi). No fog expected today.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak11extreme

Fri 30: 12 · Sat 31: 11 · Sun 1: 10

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling · now Anglers say fish feed more before the change

30.0030.10 30.09

Falling now (−0.05 inHg in 3 hours). It barely changes over the next 48 hours. Falling pressure: anglers say fish feed more before the change. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityGood · 19

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 28	Light drizzle	72 / 80 °F	0.04 in	15 mph ESE
Tue 27	Overcast	68 / 79 °F	0	14 mph ESE
Mon 26	Overcast	68 / 77 °F	0	16 mph ESE
Sun 25	Overcast	70 / 78 °F	0	8 mph E
Sat 24	Overcast	69 / 80 °F	0	8 mph E
Fri 23	Light drizzle	69 / 77 °F	0.09 in	6 mph E
Thu 22	Overcast	69 / 78 °F	0	10 mph E

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Light drizzle	69 / 80 °F	0.01 in	9 mph SW
Tue 20	Light drizzle	73 / 84 °F	0.01 in	12 mph WSW
Mon 19	Light showers	75 / 80 °F	0.74 in	14 mph NW
Sun 18	Light drizzle	73 / 81 °F	0.04 in	13 mph ENE
Sat 17	Light drizzle	72 / 81 °F	0.01 in	14 mph E
Fri 16	Drizzle	71 / 78 °F	0.20 in	11 mph ENE
Thu 15	Rain	72 / 75 °F	1.69 in	14 mph ESE
Wed 14	Light rain	72 / 79 °F	0.33 in	16 mph ESE
Tue 13	Light drizzle	70 / 78 °F	0.02 in	15 mph ESE
Mon 12	Light drizzle	70 / 76 °F	0.06 in	13 mph ESE
Sun 11	Heavy drizzle	70 / 77 °F	0.26 in	13 mph ESE
Sat 10	Light drizzle	70 / 76 °F	0.07 in	14 mph ESE
Fri 9	Light drizzle	70 / 78 °F	0.04 in	16 mph ESE
Thu 8	Light drizzle	67 / 78 °F	0.08 in	16 mph ESE
Wed 7	Light drizzle	68 / 76 °F	0.01 in	14 mph ESE
Tue 6	Light drizzle	66 / 78 °F	0.01 in	9 mph ESE
Mon 5	Light drizzle	66 / 79 °F	0.02 in	8 mph E
Sun 4	Light drizzle	66 / 77 °F	0.04 in	11 mph ESE
Sat 3	Light drizzle	66 / 77 °F	0.02 in	13 mph ESE
Fri 2	Overcast	67 / 78 °F	0	12 mph E
Thu 1	Light drizzle	69 / 76 °F	0.06 in	8 mph E
Wed 30	Light rain	70 / 76 °F	0.39 in	7 mph ENE
Tue 29	Drizzle	69 / 77 °F	0.13 in	9 mph ESE

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in PapeeteQuestions

What's the weather like today in Papeete?

Heavy drizzle, from 73 °F to 79 °F, with a moderate breeze from the east-southeast (13 mph) and a 97% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Papeete?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 17% (0.01 in): light drizzle.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 69 °F and a high of 81 °F; the warmest day, Monday 2.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 11 (extreme). Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.01 inHg and falling: 0.00 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Papeete?

The best time to visit Papeete is from June to September: highs of 78 °F to 80 °F, about 7 rainy days a month and 4 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Papeete in October?

In October, Papeete normally sees highs of 81 °F and lows of 68 °F, with about 11 rainy days (5.28 in for the month) and 5 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 80 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Papeete?

The warmest is January, with average highs of 85 °F, and the coldest July, with lows of 66 °F. The wettest is January (9.79 in) and the driest, August.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 5.1 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 2:01 am (local time).

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