Paita

Païta features a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).

The highest temperature ever recorded in Païta was 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on 4 March 1997.

The Catholic church in the centre of Paita was built in 1875.

About one mile from the town centre to the north, is the former railway station of the Nouméa-Païta railway where a small locomotive which was used until 1940 can be seen.

In the southeast of Paita petroglyphs possibly dating from the 13th or 14th century B.C. can be seen on a rock at a small river.