Editing Geography of French Polynesia (section)

== Climate ==
{{Further|Climate change in the Pacific Islands}}
The country has a tropical, but moderate climate.

{{Weather box
|location= [[Papeete]] (Köppen Am/Af)
|metric first= Yes
|single line= Yes
|collapsed= Yes
|width= auto
|Jan record high C = 36.0
|Feb record high C = 34.3
|Mar record high C = 35.3
|Apr record high C = 35.0
|May record high C = 34.5
|Jun record high C = 33.8
|Jul record high C = 33.0
|Aug record high C = 33.9
|Sep record high C = 33.9
|Oct record high C = 33.9
|Nov record high C = 34.0
|Dec record high C = 34.3
|year record high C = 36.0
|Jan high C = 31.2
|Feb high C = 31.4
|Mar high C = 31.9
|Apr high C = 31.8
|May high C = 31.1
|Jun high C = 30.3
|Jul high C = 30.0
|Aug high C = 30.0
|Sep high C = 30.3
|Oct high C = 30.5
|Nov high C = 30.6
|Dec high C = 30.4
|year high C = 30.8
|Jan mean C = 27.1
|Feb mean C = 27.2
|Mar mean C = 27.6
|Apr mean C = 27.6
|May mean C = 26.8
|Jun mean C = 25.9
|Jul mean C = 25.6
|Aug mean C = 25.5
|Sep mean C = 25.9
|Oct mean C = 26.3
|Nov mean C = 26.6
|Dec mean C = 26.6
|year mean C = 26.6
|Jan low C = 23.0
|Feb low C = 23.1
|Mar low C = 23.4
|Apr low C = 23.3
|May low C = 22.6
|Jun low C = 21.6
|Jul low C = 21.2
|Aug low C = 21.1
|Sep low C = 21.6
|Oct low C = 22.1
|Nov low C = 22.6
|Dec low C = 22.9
|year low C = 22.4
|Jan record low C = 19.2
|Feb record low C = 19.2
|Mar record low C = 20.4
|Apr record low C = 20.1
|May record low C = 19.5
|Jun record low C = 16.9
|Jul record low C = 16.0
|Aug record low C = 17.0
|Sep record low C = 17.0
|Oct record low C = 16.0
|Nov record low C = 19.0
|Dec record low C = 19.4
|year record low C = 16.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 317.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 277.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 240.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 143.1
|May precipitation mm = 149.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 80.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 62.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 56.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 64.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 120.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 155.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 396.8
|year precipitation mm = 2065.1
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 14.6
|Feb precipitation days = 13.4
|Mar precipitation days = 11.3
|Apr precipitation days = 9.2
|May precipitation days = 8.5
|Jun precipitation days = 6.0
|Jul precipitation days = 5.7
|Aug precipitation days = 5.2
|Sep precipitation days = 5.2
|Oct precipitation days = 7.8
|Nov precipitation days = 9.9
|Dec precipitation days = 15.3
|year precipitation days = 112.1
| Jan sun = 215.5
| Feb sun = 199.2
| Mar sun = 226.0
| Apr sun = 230.3
| May sun = 228.6
| Jun sun = 220.0
| Jul sun = 235.2
| Aug sun = 251.1
| Sep sun = 241.6
| Oct sun = 232.1
| Nov sun = 208.7
| Dec sun = 196.6
| year sun = 2684.9
|source 1 = Meteociel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=98735002|title=Normales et records pour Papeete 2 (987)|publisher=Meteociel|access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref>
| source 2 = NOAA (sun 1961–1990)<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-V/FP/91938.TXT| title = Papeete Sun Normals 1961-1990 | access-date =12 November 2015 | publisher = NOAA}}</ref>
}}

{{Weather box
|location = [[Atuona]]
| width        = auto
|collapsed = Yes
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|Jan mean F = 81
|Feb mean F = 81
|Mar mean F = 82
|Apr mean F = 82
|May mean F = 80
|Jun mean F = 79
|Jul mean F = 78
|Aug mean F = 78
|Sep mean F = 79
|Oct mean F = 79
|Nov mean F = 80
|Dec mean F = 81
|year mean F = 80
|Jan high F = 86
|Feb high F = 87
|Mar high F = 87
|Apr high F = 87
|May high F = 85
|Jun high F = 84
|Jul high F = 83
|Aug high F =83
|Sep high F = 84
|Oct high F = 85
|Nov high F =86
|Dec high F = 86
|year high F = 85
|Jan low F = 74
|Feb low F = 75
|Mar low F = 76
|Apr low F = 76
|May low F = 75
|Jun low F = 74
|Jul low F = 74
|Aug low F = 73
|Sep low F = 73
|Oct low F = 73
|Nov low F = 74
|Dec low F = 74
|year low F = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.5
|Feb precipitation inch =3.6
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.4
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.6
|May precipitation inch = 4.8
|Jun precipitation inch = 6.9
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.8
|Aug precipitation inch = 4
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.2
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.1
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.6
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.5
|year precipitation inch = 50.9
|source 1 = Weatherbase<ref name=Weatherbaseatuona>
{{cite web
|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=52919&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Atuona, French Polynesia
|publisher=Weatherbase
|year=2011
}}
Retrieved on 24 November 2011.
</ref>
|date=November 2011
}}

{{Weather box
|width=auto
|location = [[Tubuai]] (Köppen Af)
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|collapsed = Yes 
|Jan record high C = 32.0
|Feb record high C = 32.0
|Mar record high C = 32.7
|Apr record high C = 32.3
|May record high C = 32.0
|Jun record high C = 31.0
|Jul record high C = 30.0
|Aug record high C = 30.0
|Sep record high C = 29.0
|Oct record high C = 30.0
|Nov record high C = 30.0
|Dec record high C = 32.0
|Jan record low C = 14.5
|Feb record low C = 15.5
|Mar record low C = 15.8
|Apr record low C = 14.6
|May record low C = 10.0
|Jun record low C = 10.0
|Jul record low C = 10.0
|Aug record low C = 9.2
|Sep record low C = 10.3
|Oct record low C = 10.7
|Nov record low C = 12.0
|Dec record low C = 14.3
|Jan high C = 28.0
|Feb high C = 28.6
|Mar high C = 28.6
|Apr high C = 27.4
|May high C = 25.8
|Jun high C = 24.4
|Jul high C = 23.9
|Aug high C = 23.7
|Sep high C = 23.9
|Oct high C = 24.7
|Nov high C = 25.9
|Dec high C = 26.9
|Jan mean C = 25.7
|Feb mean C = 26.2
|Mar mean C = 26.0
|Apr mean C = 24.9
|May mean C = 23.2
|Jun mean C = 21.7
|Jul mean C = 21.2
|Aug mean C = 21.0
|Sep mean C = 21.1
|Oct mean C = 22.1
|Nov mean C = 23.4
|Dec mean C = 24.5
|Jan low C = 23.3
|Feb low C = 23.7
|Mar low C = 23.4
|Apr low C = 22.3
|May low C = 20.7
|Jun low C = 19.0
|Jul low C = 18.6
|Aug low C = 18.3
|Sep low C = 18.4
|Oct low C = 19.5
|Nov low C = 20.8
|Dec low C = 22.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 194.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 192.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 176.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 165.3
|May precipitation mm = 153.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 119.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 136.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 133.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 104.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 116.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 133.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 200.4
|year precipitation mm = 1825.7
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 13.2
|Feb precipitation days = 12.9
|Mar precipitation days = 13.3
|Apr precipitation days = 12.5
|May precipitation days = 12.4
|Jun precipitation days = 11.4
|Jul precipitation days = 11.2
|Aug precipitation days = 11.3
|Sep precipitation days = 9.6
|Oct precipitation days = 9.9
|Nov precipitation days = 10.2
|Dec precipitation days = 13.2
|Jan sun = n/a
|Feb sun = n/a
|Mar sun = 204.9
|Apr sun = 175.6
|May sun = 158.6
|Jun sun = 141.6
|Jul sun = 165.5
|Aug sun = 165.0
|Sep sun = n/a
|Oct sun = n/a
|Nov sun = 199.9
|Dec sun = 177.0
|year sun = n/a
|source 1 = [[Météo-France]]<ref name=Météo-France-Tubuai>{{cite web
| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_98753001.pdf
| title=climate of Tubuai 1981-2010
| language = fr
| publisher = [[Météo-France]]
| access-date = April 8, 2022}}</ref>
}}