Countries in Oceania by precipitation
Average rain and snow in a year over the whole country, in millimetres — a long-term average, not one year’s weather. 7 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, 2022
Median country
2,592
half above, half below| # | Country | mm a year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Papua New Guinea | 3,142 | Melanesia |
| 2 |  Solomon Islands | 3,028 | Melanesia |
| 3 |  Samoa | 2,880 | Polynesia |
| 4 |  Fiji | 2,592 | Melanesia |
| 5 |  Vanuatu | 2,000 | Melanesia |
| 6 |  New Zealand | 1,732 | Australia and New Zealand |
| 7 |  Australia | 534 | Australia and New Zealand |
No World Bank figure for 6 countries: Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Tonga.
Questions
- Which country in Oceania has the most rain and snow?
- Papua New Guinea has the most rain and snow in Oceania: 3,142 mm a year (2022). Next come the Solomon Islands (3,028 mm a year) and Samoa (2,880 mm a year).
- Which country in Oceania has the least rain and snow?
- Australia, with 534 mm a year (2022).
- What is the typical precipitation of a country in Oceania?
- The median of the 7 countries in Oceania is 2,592 mm a year: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
- Where do the figures come from?
- Average rain and snow in a year over the whole country, in millimetres — a long-term average, not one year’s weather. Source: World Bank, 2022. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.
Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 10 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.