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Moruroa

15.0 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

When to go

Gérard JOYON · CC BY 3.0

In numbers

15.0km²

Area

People

28°C

Warmest sea

March

5,746km

To the mainland

When to go to Moruroa

Best for the beach from May to September.

The sea is warmest in March (28 °C) and coolest in August (24 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

27°26°26°

Jan18

28°27°26°

Feb16

28°27°26°

Mar16

27°26°26°

Apr16

26°25°25°

May13

25°24°24°

Jun14

24°24°23°

Jul13

24°23°22°

Aug10

24°23°22°

Sep11

24°24°23°

Oct15

25°24°24°

Nov15

26°26°25°

Dec18

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.

Island in French Polynesia

Moruroa is an atoll in France. It belongs to Tuamotus. It covers 15.0 km². Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 5,746 km away.

Getting there

5,746 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From May to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	26	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	26
Night low (°C)	26	26	26	26	25	24	23	22	22	23	24	25
Sea (°C)	27	28	28	27	26	25	24	24	24	24	25	26
Rain (mm)	147	117	129	134	115	110	64	63	69	120	119	187
Wet days	18	16	16	16	13	14	13	10	11	15	15	18
Sun h/day	8.4	8.4	8.3	7.3	6.7	6.2	6.8	7.6	8.1	7.8	8.3	8.1
Wind (km/h)	20	20	20	21	22	23	23	22	23	22	21	20

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	−0.1	±0.0	±0.0	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.7	+0.7	+0.9	+0.8
2021	+0.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.5	+0.9	+0.4	+0.8	+0.9	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1
2022	±0.0	−0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.8	+0.7	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	−0.3	+0.4
2023	+0.8	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7	+0.3	−0.3	+0.5	+0.6	−0.2
2024	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	−0.5	±0.0	−0.1	+0.2	−0.2	−0.7	−0.1	+0.7	+0.3
2025	+0.6	+1.1	+0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+0.4	+1.0	+1.2	+1.0	+0.8	+0.5	−0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Mururoa.December.2005 — FRED · CC BY-SA 3.0

Mururoa lagon — Georges Martin · CC BY 3.0

Moruroa 1971 DC6 Mission Sergent Chef Gérard JOYON — Gérard JOYON · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Tureia

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q318446) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
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