Weekly note
New Caledonia
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The numbers

Daily high28°C
Nightly low23°C
Feels like, afternoon32°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more11 · 246 mm
Humidity83%
Sunshine9.7 h/day
Daylight12.2 h/day
Beach and sea20 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 27 °C, warm fair
Crowds79 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Nouméa, 38 km from the airport (NOU): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

March: about usual. Busiest in July.

Public holidays in March

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

New Caledonia in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 28°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 11 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 10 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 83%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

CurrencyCfp franc
LanguagesFrench
PlugsType C and F, 220 V
DrivingOn the right
Calling code+687
Travel advice No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2025-12-10
HealthUK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-08. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival in New Caledonia: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

March elsewhere

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