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The climate of Micronesia
Micronesia is a country in the Pacific Ocean and is part of the Oceania region. Micronesia consists of 607 islands spread out within an area of 2,900 kilometers. Micronesia consists only of 720 square kilometers and has an impressive 6,112 kilometers of coastline. This islands vary from mountainous volcanic islands to coral atolls and volcanic peaks that can be seen only just above the ocean surface.

Climate information of places and areas in Micronesia
The climate information on this page is only brief. Specific information about weather and climate can be found on the climate pages per area or town. As for Micronesia the following climate information is available:

Tropical
Micronesia has a tropical climate with high precipitation figures all year round. Maximum temperatures are 30-31 degrees Celsius, during the coldest part of the night temperatures are 21-25 degrees Celsius. The islands of Micronesia get 3,000-8,000 millimeters of annual rain on average. The islands situated in the east are the wettest. Both the amount as well as the frequency of tropical showers decrease the further you travel to the west. The federal states of Pohnpei and Kosrae are among the wettest areas in the world.

Hurricanes
Because all of the islands within Micronesia are small there is an ever blowing sea breeze. From December till June there is an ever blowing north easterly trade wind. During this period there is an increasing risk of tropical storms or even hurricanes on most of the islands. Most of the inhabited islands are situated on the southern border of the hurricane zone; there is a risk of hurricanes here from October/November till June.

Climate figures
Spread out over Micronesia several different climate figures and temperatures can be recorded. The figures below are for the capital Palikir and cannot be seen as an average for the country. Please, visit the individual climate pages for figures on other places and regions in Micronesia

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	30	24	5	21		28
February	30	24	5	19		28
March	30	24	6	20		28
April	30	23	6	20		29
May	30	23	5	21		29
June	30	23	5	19		29
July	30	22	5	22		29
August	31	22	6	22		29
September	31	22	6	20		29
October	31	22	5	21		29
November	31	22	5	20		29
December	30	23	5	21		29
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month. The information below is an average for the capital Palikir. Please, visit the individual climate pages for figures on other places and regions in Micronesia.

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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