Papua New Guinea in November

Kenu and Kundu Festival in Alotau; rain builds late in the month in the south.

• 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, Tufibest weather

  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).

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Kenu and Kundu Festival (Alotau)

  Early November (check)

  War canoe races and drumming in Milne Bay; Alotau guesthouses fill.

Crowds · Papua New Guinea

Low

Prices · Papua New Guinea

Medium

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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Rated best or good this month

• Islands and Milne Bay

  Best weather of the year (Rabaul, Kimbe, Kavieng, Alotau, Tufi)