Hakahau is the main village and port of the island of

Ua Pou Ua Pou (french: Ua Pou, North Marquesan: ''’uapou'') is the third largest of the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. History Pre-European history Ua Pou is the only major island tha ...

, in the

Marquesas Islands The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' ( North Marquesan) and ' ( South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in th ...

, northeast of French Polynesia. It is the capital of the municipality. It is located at the bottom of a sheltered bay on the northeast side of the island, and has a sheltered dock by a jetty. The ''

Aranui 3 M/V ''Aranui 3'' is a dual passenger/cargo vessel that operated between Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands. With a homeport of Papeete, French Polynesia, ''Aranui 3'' is registered as a passenger ship under the International Convention for the Safe ...

'' stops at Hakahau.

Geography

Climate

Hakahau has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

''Am''). The average annual temperature in Hakahau is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around , and lowest in September, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Hakahau was on 13 April 2007; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 28 August 1997.

References

{{FrenchPolynesia-geo-stub Populated places in the Marquesas Islands