Suva climate
Suva is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 21 °C. January is the wettest month (296 mm) and July the driest (107 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Suva averages 2,418 mm of rain and 285 days above 25 °C.
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Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month February 29 °C
- Coldest month August 21 °C
- Driest month July 107 mm
- Wettest month January 296 mm
- Least cloud July 68 % cloud
- Hottest on record December 34 °C
- Coldest on record July 17 °C
- Warmest sea February 29 °C
What to expectSuva through the year
Suva has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in August to 29 °C in February, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 285 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in December.
Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 296 mm against 107 mm in July — 2.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Suva is warmest in February at 29 °C and coldest in August at 25 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3 °C | 296 mm | 76 % |
| February | 28.7 °C | 249 mm | 75 % |
| March | 28.6 °C | 262 mm | 76 % |
| April | 27.6 °C | 241 mm | 73 % |
| May | 26.3 °C | 164 mm | 69 % |
| June | 25.5 °C | 139 mm | 70 % |
| July | 24.7 °C | 107 mm | 68 % |
| August | 24.6 °C | 138 mm | 69 % |
| September | 25.1 °C | 155 mm | 71 % |
| October | 25.9 °C | 208 mm | 72 % |
| November | 26.9 °C | 190 mm | 73 % |
| December | 27.7 °C | 271 mm | 74 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3 °C | 24.3 °C | 25.9 °C | 33.8 °C | 21.0 °C | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| February | 28.7 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.2 °C | 34.0 °C | 21.5 °C | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| March | 28.6 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.1 °C | 31.9 °C | 21.4 °C | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 27.6 °C | 24.0 °C | 25.4 °C | 31.1 °C | 20.6 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 26.3 °C | 23.0 °C | 24.3 °C | 29.6 °C | 19.5 °C | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 25.5 °C | 22.4 °C | 23.6 °C | 28.8 °C | 18.4 °C | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 24.7 °C | 21.6 °C | 22.8 °C | 29.0 °C | 17.0 °C | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 24.6 °C | 21.4 °C | 22.6 °C | 30.4 °C | 17.2 °C | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 25.1 °C | 21.6 °C | 23.0 °C | 29.0 °C | 17.1 °C | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 25.9 °C | 22.2 °C | 23.6 °C | 30.4 °C | 18.0 °C | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 26.9 °C | 23.1 °C | 24.6 °C | 31.9 °C | 20.2 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 27.7 °C | 23.9 °C | 25.4 °C | 34.2 °C | 21.2 °C | 31 | 1 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 296 mm | 26 | 13 h/day | 76 % | 87 % | 18 km/h | 28.2 °C |
| February | 249 mm | 25 | 13 h/day | 75 % | 87 % | 18 km/h | 28.7 °C |
| March | 262 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 76 % | 88 % | 17 km/h | 28.7 °C |
| April | 241 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 86 % | 19 km/h | 28.2 °C |
| May | 164 mm | 19 | 11 h/day | 69 % | 83 % | 20 km/h | 27.2 °C |
| June | 139 mm | 16 | 11 h/day | 70 % | 83 % | 21 km/h | 26.3 °C |
| July | 107 mm | 15 | 11 h/day | 68 % | 81 % | 21 km/h | 25.6 °C |
| August | 138 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 81 % | 21 km/h | 25.2 °C |
| September | 155 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 82 % | 21 km/h | 25.3 °C |
| October | 208 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 72 % | 83 % | 21 km/h | 25.8 °C |
| November | 190 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 73 % | 84 % | 19 km/h | 26.7 °C |
| December | 271 mm | 26 | 13 h/day | 74 % | 86 % | 20 km/h | 27.5 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Suva.
QuestionsCommon questions about Suva’s climate
When is the best time to visit Suva?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Suva get?
In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 21 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Suva?
January, averaging 296 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 107 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,418 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Suva rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.