Papua New GuineaVolcanic island

Normanby Island

1,040 km² rising to 1,158 m out of the Solomon Sea.

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

In numbers

1,040km²

Area

225km

Coastline

measured on a simplified outline

1,158m

Highest point

19,433

People

29°C

Warmest sea

February

791km

To the mainland

When to go to Normanby Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in February (29 °C) and coolest in August (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

29°29°28°

Jan26

29°29°28°

Feb24

29°28°27°

Mar26

29°28°27°

Apr23

28°28°27°

May23

28°27°26°

Jun23

27°26°26°

Jul22

26°26°25°

Aug19

27°27°26°

Sep18

28°28°26°

Oct19

28°28°27°

Nov18

29°29°28°

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.

Island in Papua New Guinea

Normanby Island is an volcanic island in Papua New Guinea. It covers 1,040 km², with 225 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1,158 m. About 19,433 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 791 km away.

Getting there

Gurney Airport (GUR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 81 km in a straight line
791 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Maybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Normanby Island.

3beaches
2named peaksMount Solomonai, Kesagai Hill
1hotels, guesthouses and apartments

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 264 m above the sea. 52 % of it is below 200 m.

24 %0–50 m
28 %50–200 m
30 %200–500 m
17 %500–1,000 m
<1 %1,000–2,000 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.

Normanby Island1,040 km²

Tenerife2,038 km²

Madeira Island742 km²

50 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)	29	29	28	28	28	27	26	26	27	28	28	29
Night low (°C)	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	26	26	27	28
Sea (°C)	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	27	28	28	29
Rain (mm)	209	183	238	190	177	194	141	126	152	138	142	111
Wet days	26	24	26	23	23	23	22	19	18	19	18	20
Sun h/day	6.3	6.4	6.0	6.1	5.6	4.8	5.5	6.4	6.3	7.1	7.3	7.7
Wind (km/h)	14	14	15	17	22	25	28	26	26	22	18	14

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	−0.1	+0.4	±0.0	+0.5	+0.5	+1.0	+1.0	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	+0.7
2021	+1.2	+0.7	+0.7	+0.8	+0.7	+0.8	+1.1	+1.5	+1.3	+1.6	+1.4	+0.8
2022	+0.1	+0.1	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+2.3	+2.4	+2.2	+2.4	+2.4	+2.0	+1.5
2023	+0.7	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+1.6	+1.0	+1.2	+0.5	+0.3	−0.2	−0.5	−0.1
2024	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.7	+0.7	+0.8	+1.0	+0.9	+0.8	+1.0
2025	+1.3	+1.0	+1.0	+1.0	+1.4	+1.1	+1.5	+1.7	+1.4	+1.2	+1.1	+0.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Missionary party aboard the SS MORESBY, Normanby Island (8401129180) — Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons · No restrictions

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Fergusson Island

Papua New Guinea1,331 km²2,073 m73 km away

Goodenough Island

Papua New Guinea707 km²2,536 m115 km away

Kiriwina

Papua New Guinea277 km²57 m153 km away

Misima Island

Papua New Guinea213 km²1,036 m199 km away

Woodlark Island

Papua New Guinea853 km²240 m217 km away

Vanatinai

Papua New Guinea830 km²806 m307 km away

Rossel Island

Papua New Guinea297 km²838 m369 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q1532048) · 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

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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