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Island Property Passport

Cook Islands: property, planning and everyday-life evidence

One bounded view of the current market and the public evidence available for living in the Cook Islands. Missing layers are shown as gaps, never estimated.

Data collected: 2026-11-06. Data rechecked: 3 September 2026. Sources and rights are listed on the data catalogue and licensing register.

Property market comparison

0 added in the latest week; 0 no longer advertised. Property type and bedroom comparisons use only fields published by the source agents. Every listing keeps its last-seen date, named source agent and original link; duplicate homes are consolidated without hiding disagreements.

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Sold-price evidence

No legally cleared address-level sold-price series is published for this market. Asking prices are not presented as achieved prices.

Planning, development and constraints

A reusable planning register has not been cleared for this market. The passport does not infer approvals, development activity or heritage constraints from listings.

No cleared parcel-level heritage or conservation overlay is currently joined to this market.

Everyday-life comparison

16schools mapped
7healthcare locations mapped
28shops and essential services mapped
31food and hospitality places mapped
Rarotonga International Airportnearest published airport
11published direct air destinations
12/12months averaging at least 20°C by day

Climate · Avarua

Station: RAROTONGA INTL · 3.2 km from the representative point.

Explore monthly temperature and rainfall

Typical daytime temperature

1991–2020 station normals · Average daily high (°C)

Typical daytime temperature07.51522.530Jan: 29Feb: 30Mar: 30Apr: 29May: 28Jun: 27Jul: 26Aug: 25Sep: 26Oct: 27Nov: 28Dec: 29JanMarMayJulSepNovDec

Representative-station climate context, not today’s weather or a property-level hazard assessment. Missing monthly values are not estimated.

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Typical daytime temperature — 1991–2020 station normals
Period or areaAverage daily high (°C)
Jan29
Feb30
Mar30
Apr29
May28
Jun27
Jul26
Aug25
Sep26
Oct27
Nov28
Dec29

Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily, 1991–2020 climate normals

Rainfall through the year

1991–2020 station normals · Mean monthly precipitation (mm)

Rainfall through the year050100150200Jan: 200Feb: 170Mar: 160Apr: 154May: 130Jun: 53Jul: 97Aug: 90Sep: 81Oct: 63Nov: 99Dec: 186JanMarMayJulSepNov

Representative-station climate context, not today’s weather or a property-level hazard assessment. Missing monthly values are not estimated.

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Rainfall through the year — 1991–2020 station normals
Period or areaMean monthly precipitation (mm)
Jan200
Feb170
Mar160
Apr154
May130
Jun53
Jul97
Aug90
Sep81
Oct63
Nov99
Dec186

Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily, 1991–2020 climate normals

Getting there

Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)≈ 21h10 flying from London
Direct from RAR — 11 destinations, 5 airlines
Aitutaki0h44 Air Rarotonga
Papeete1h52 Air Rarotonga, Air Tahiti
Auckland4h16 Air New Zealand, Jetstar
Brisbane6h33 Jetstar
Sydney6h49 Jetstar
Atiu Air Rarotonga
Mangaia Air Rarotonga
Manihiki Air Rarotonga
Mauke Air Rarotonga
Mitiaro Air Rarotonga
Honolulu Hawaiian Airlines
Airlines: Air New Zealand · Air Rarotonga · Air Tahiti · Hawaiian Airlines · Jetstar
Flight times are great-circle estimates; routes change seasonally — confirm with the airline.

Population trend, broadband/mobile coverage, flood or coastal exposure, cost of living, local taxes and property restrictions are published only when a dated, reusable source has been joined. An absent measure is a data gap, not a poor score.

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