Tokelau, Tuvalu
Population
Tokelau's population is 281. It is the smaller of Nanumanga's two villages.
Linguistic background
For disambiguation purposes, it may be noted that "Tokelau" is also the name of a neighbouring territory administered by New Zealand, with its own language.
Tokelauan-speakers and Tuvaluan-speakers share linguistic intelligibility. Hence also the occurrence of the identical place name.
Climate
Tokelau has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Tokelau | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.2 (88.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 330 (13.0) |
261 (10.3) |
313 (12.3) |
236 (9.3) |
192 (7.6) |
177 (7.0) |
196 (7.7) |
214 (8.4) |
175 (6.9) |
193 (7.6) |
216 (8.5) |
339 (13.3) |
2,842 (111.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
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