Cook IslandsCoral island

Manuae

4.5 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

N 0.5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

4.5km²

Area

11km

Coastline

Highest point

28°C

Warmest sea

March

5,084km

To the mainland

When to go to Manuae

Best for the beach from June to October.

The sea is warmest in March (28 °C) and coolest in August (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

28°27°26°

Jan22

28°28°27°

Feb20

28°28°27°

Mar21

28°27°27°

Apr18

27°26°26°

May17

26°26°25°

Jun10

26°25°24°

Jul9

26°24°24°

Aug11

26°25°24°

Sep11

26°25°24°

Oct14

27°26°25°

Nov16

27°27°26°

Dec20

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Atoll of the Cook Islands

Manuae is an coral island in Cook Islands. It covers 4.5 km², with 11 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 5 m. The nearest mainland is 5,084 km away.

Getting there

Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 234 km in a straight line
5,084 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From June to Octoberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 6 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Manuae5 km²

Capri10 km²

Manhattan54 km²

5 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	27	28	28	27	26	26	25	24	25	25	26	27
Night low (°C)	26	27	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	24	25	26
Sea (°C)	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27
Rain (mm)	208	221	166	163	135	54	64	60	64	84	136	196
Wet days	22	20	21	18	17	10	9	11	11	14	16	20
Sun h/day	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.8	6.9	7.5	8.0	8.1	7.9	7.7
Wind (km/h)	21	22	19	20	22	23	23	22	24	23	21	21

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	−0.2	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.9	+0.1	−0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.0	+0.8	+0.7
2021	+0.6	+0.8	+0.4	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+0.5	+0.9	+1.0	±0.0	+0.3
2022	+0.1	−0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+1.0	+0.7	+0.3	−0.5	+0.1	−0.1	−0.5	−0.5
2023	−0.2	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	±0.0	+0.8	+0.7	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	−0.3	−0.4
2024	−0.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.2	−0.2	−0.1	+0.1	−0.8	−0.4
2025	+0.4	+0.8	+0.6	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.1	−0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Aitutaki

Cook Islands16 km²58 m102 km away

Atiu

Cook Islands29 km²73 m116 km away

Mitiaro

Cook Islands23 km²8 m142 km away

Mauke

Cook Islands19 km²29 m193 km away

Rarotonga

Cook Islands67 km²652 m236 km away

Mangaia

Cook Islands49 km²139 m313 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q1329453) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons