Place in Central Province, Papua New Guinea
Bereina is a town in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the Hiritano Highway about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north-west of Port Moresby, and contains the headquarters of both the Kairuku-Hiri District and the Kairuku Rural local-level government area. Bereina also hosts a regional airport and a district town for the people of Kairuku Rural Area.
Education
Bereina is home to three elementary schools and one primary school. A short distance to the south is Mainohana Catholic High School, a De La Salle Year 9–12 school established in 1958.
Climate
Bereina has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with heavy rainfall from December to April and moderate to little rainfall in the remaining months.
| Climate data for Bereina
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
31.8
(89.2)
|
31.5
(88.7)
|
31.4
(88.5)
|
31.1
(88.0)
|
30.9
(87.6)
|
29.8
(85.6)
|
29.2
(84.6)
|
29.5
(85.1)
|
30.1
(86.2)
|
30.7
(87.3)
|
31.8
(89.2)
|
32.1
(89.8)
|
30.8
(87.5)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
27.1
(80.8)
|
27.0
(80.6)
|
27.0
(80.6)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
25.0
(77.0)
|
25.4
(77.7)
|
26.0
(78.8)
|
26.3
(79.3)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
27.1
(80.8)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
22.4
(72.3)
|
22.6
(72.7)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
22.4
(72.3)
|
22.5
(72.5)
|
21.3
(70.3)
|
20.9
(69.6)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
21.9
(71.4)
|
22.0
(71.6)
|
22.0
(71.6)
|
22.2
(72.0)
|
22.0
(71.6)
|
| Average rainfall mm (inches)
|
236
(9.3)
|
225
(8.9)
|
221
(8.7)
|
131
(5.2)
|
67
(2.6)
|
37
(1.5)
|
24
(0.9)
|
27
(1.1)
|
43
(1.7)
|
50
(2.0)
|
50
(2.0)
|
148
(5.8)
|
1,259
(49.7)
|
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1]
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