Relocation evidence for Cook Islands
A bounded snapshot of the business environment, recorded climate and current property market. It is evidence for a shortlist, not immigration, tax or legal advice.
World Bank B-READY 2025 does not assess Cook Islands. No proxy economy and no inferred business score is substituted. See the eight assessed markets.
Recorded climate
Climate · Avarua
Station: RAROTONGA INTL · 3.2 km from the representative point.
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Typical daytime temperature
1991–2020 station normals · Average daily high (°C)
Representative-station climate context, not today’s weather or a property-level hazard assessment. Missing monthly values are not estimated.
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| Period or area | Average daily high (°C) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 29 |
| Feb | 30 |
| Mar | 30 |
| Apr | 29 |
| May | 28 |
| Jun | 27 |
| Jul | 26 |
| Aug | 25 |
| Sep | 26 |
| Oct | 27 |
| Nov | 28 |
| Dec | 29 |
Rainfall through the year
1991–2020 station normals · Mean monthly precipitation (mm)
Representative-station climate context, not today’s weather or a property-level hazard assessment. Missing monthly values are not estimated.
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| Period or area | Mean monthly precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 200 |
| Feb | 170 |
| Mar | 160 |
| Apr | 154 |
| May | 130 |
| Jun | 53 |
| Jul | 97 |
| Aug | 90 |
| Sep | 81 |
| Oct | 63 |
| Nov | 99 |
| Dec | 186 |
12 months average at least 20°C by day; about 1,483 mm of rain falls in a normal year. Selected station: RAROTONGA INTL, 3.2 km from the place point, with 20 usable years.
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Sources, licences and known gaps
| Feed used | What appears here | Provenance and licence |
|---|---|---|
| world-bank-b-ready-2025 | Six topic scores and three pillar scores for the eight assessed economies. | World Bank B-READY 2025 · CC BY 4.0 R2: datafeeds/world-bank/b-ready/2025-12-24/B-READY_ALL_DATA_2025.zip · imported 2026-08-24 |
| noaa-ghcn-daily | 1991–2020 monthly station normals derived from daily observations. | NOAA NCEI · United States federal open data R2: datafeeds/noaa-ghcn/20260812/superghcnd_full_20260812.csv.gz · imported 2026-08-13 |
The approved Environment Agency station, current-flood and catchment-classification imports cover England. They are not used for these island markets, and no England result is imputed to an island.
Unavailable and not used
| Source | Status | Why |
|---|---|---|
| ILO employment-law databases | Unavailable | No approved bulk endpoint; NATLEX, NORMLEX and EPLex require dataset-specific access and reuse review. |
| GBIF occurrence data | Unavailable | Bulk download requires a credentialed job and an approved publication scope. |
| Copernicus climate data | Unavailable | Requires a credentialed job and an approved dataset scope. |
| EPC data | Unavailable | Credentials and reuse terms are not cleared for this property. |
| Ofcom archive | Unavailable | The current archive is blocked from the approved Cloudflare importer path. |
| OFAC data | Unavailable | The approved importer currently receives a TLS 525 response. |
Method and reuse details: data catalogue · licences.