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Boulouparis
Boulouparis
Commune
	The church of Bouloupari
	Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
	Location of Boulouparis
	Coordinates: 21°52′02″S 166°02′39″E / 21.8672°S 166.0442°E
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	South Province
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Vittori
Area 1	865.6 km2 (334.2 sq mi)
Population (2019 census)	3,315
• Density	3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
• 2019 census	Kanaks 30.17%; Europeans 27.66%; Wallisians and Futunans 2.23%; Mixed 16.08%; Other 23.86%
Time zone	UTC+11:00
INSEE/Postal code	98802 /98812
Elevation	0–1,441 m (0–4,728 ft) ; (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
	1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers.

Boulouparis (French pronunciation: [bulupaʁi]) is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

Geography

Climate

Boulouparis has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh), though closely bordering on the tropical savanna climate (Aw) more typical of the west coast of Grande Terre. The average annual temperature in Boulouparis is 24.3 °C (75.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 694.0 mm (27.32 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.7 °C (81.9 °F), and lowest in July, at around 20.9 °C (69.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Boulouparis was 39.1 °C (102.4 °F) on 8 January 2002; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 11.7 °C (53.1 °F) on 12 August 2015.

Climate data for Boulouparis (Bouraké, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 2000−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	39.1 (102.4)	38.7 (101.7)	37.4 (99.3)	34.3 (93.7)	32.9 (91.2)	32.2 (90.0)	32.8 (91.0)	31.3 (88.3)	33.9 (93.0)	34.9 (94.8)	37.4 (99.3)	38.2 (100.8)	39.1 (102.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.7 (89.1)	31.9 (89.4)	30.8 (87.4)	29.1 (84.4)	27.2 (81.0)	25.8 (78.4)	24.9 (76.8)	25.4 (77.7)	27.1 (80.8)	28.8 (83.8)	30.0 (86.0)	31.4 (88.5)	28.7 (83.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.4 (81.3)	27.7 (81.9)	26.8 (80.2)	25.2 (77.4)	23.2 (73.8)	21.8 (71.2)	20.7 (69.3)	20.9 (69.6)	22.2 (72.0)	23.9 (75.0)	25.2 (77.4)	26.9 (80.4)	24.3 (75.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.0 (73.4)	23.5 (74.3)	22.9 (73.2)	21.4 (70.5)	19.2 (66.6)	17.8 (64.0)	16.4 (61.5)	16.4 (61.5)	17.1 (62.8)	19.1 (66.4)	20.5 (68.9)	22.3 (72.1)	20.0 (68.0)
Record low °C (°F)	18.7 (65.7)	18.4 (65.1)	17.8 (64.0)	16.5 (61.7)	13.4 (56.1)	12.1 (53.8)	11.9 (53.4)	11.7 (53.1)	12.8 (55.0)	13.9 (57.0)	15.8 (60.4)	17.7 (63.9)	11.7 (53.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	92.8 (3.65)	77.4 (3.05)	101.3 (3.99)	63.9 (2.52)	54.5 (2.15)	52.1 (2.05)	48.4 (1.91)	56.4 (2.22)	24.8 (0.98)	22.9 (0.90)	35.1 (1.38)	64.4 (2.54)	694.0 (27.32)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.4	7.8	8.7	5.5	6.9	5.7	5.7	5.4	2.8	2.8	3.4	5.2	66.2
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Twin towns – sister cities

Boulouparis is twinned with:^[4]

Biloela, Australia
Huahine, French Polynesia

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
^ "Jumelage". boulouparis.nc (in French). Boulouparis. Retrieved 2020-07-20.