Papua New Guinea in May

Dry season starts in Port Moresby; quiet month before the show season.

• Port Moresby and the south coast · Port Moresby, Central Province, Kokoda Trackfine

  Rain shadow: the capital is dry May–November and wet and humid December–April; the Kokoda Track trekking season is April–November, busiest June–September.

• Highlands · Goroka, Mount Hagen, Tari, Mount Wilhelmfine

  At 1,500–2,000 m days are mild and nights cool; rain falls in every month, least in June–September when the shows are held.

• North coast and Sepik · Madang, Wewak, the Sepik Riverfine

  Hot and humid all year; the river runs high in the wet season and villages flood, while very low water late in the dry season can stop boats on side channels.

• Islands and Milne Bay · Rabaul, Kimbe, Kavieng, Alotau, Tufifine

  Rain patterns differ by island; many dive operators rate September–December as the calmest and clearest window. Milne Bay is the only part of PNG regularly brushed by cyclones (roughly December–April).

Crowds · Papua New Guinea

Low

Prices · Papua New Guinea

Medium

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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• Port Moresby

  Dry season begins.