Tonga
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Tonga
Official name: | Kingdom of Tonga |
Capital: | Nuku'alofa |
Area: | total: 748 sq km water: 30 sq km land: 718 sq km |
Climate: | tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December) |
Location: | Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand |
Geographic coordinates: | 20 00 S, 175 00 W |
Comparative Area: | four times the size of Washington, DC |
Land boundaries: | 0 km |
Coastline: | 419 km |
Terrain: | most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m |
Map of Tonga