Funafuti climate

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Funafuti is warmest in December, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 26 °C. January is the wettest month (366 mm) and September the driest (182 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Funafuti averages 3,053 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Tuvalu · population 6,320 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month December 28 °C
Coldest month August 26 °C
Driest month September 182 mm
Wettest month January 366 mm
Least cloud September 57 % cloud
Hottest on record March 30 °C
Coldest on record March 25 °C
Warmest sea November 30 °C

What to expectFunafuti through the year

Funafuti changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 28 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 366 mm against 182 mm in September — 2.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Funafuti is warmest in November at 30 °C and coldest in August at 29 °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	366 mm	81 %
February	28.2 °C	349 mm	81 %
March	28.2 °C	304 mm	75 %
April	28.3 °C	252 mm	70 %
May	28.3 °C	236 mm	66 %
June	28.2 °C	213 mm	61 %
July	28.0 °C	206 mm	60 %
August	27.9 °C	215 mm	57 %
September	28.1 °C	182 mm	57 %
October	28.2 °C	209 mm	63 %
November	28.4 °C	220 mm	70 %
December	28.4 °C	300 mm	79 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	28.3 °C	26.6 °C	27.5 °C	30.1 °C	24.9 °C	31
February	28.2 °C	26.5 °C	27.3 °C	30.0 °C	24.7 °C	28
March	28.2 °C	26.4 °C	27.4 °C	30.4 °C	24.6 °C	31
April	28.3 °C	26.5 °C	27.4 °C	29.9 °C	24.6 °C	30
May	28.3 °C	26.5 °C	27.5 °C	29.8 °C	24.9 °C	31
June	28.2 °C	26.5 °C	27.4 °C	29.9 °C	24.8 °C	30
July	28.0 °C	26.3 °C	27.2 °C	29.6 °C	25.0 °C	31
August	27.9 °C	26.2 °C	27.1 °C	29.4 °C	24.9 °C	31
September	28.1 °C	26.3 °C	27.2 °C	29.6 °C	24.8 °C	30
October	28.2 °C	26.3 °C	27.3 °C	29.7 °C	24.9 °C	31
November	28.4 °C	26.5 °C	27.5 °C	30.2 °C	24.9 °C	30
December	28.4 °C	26.5 °C	27.5 °C	30.2 °C	24.7 °C	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	366 mm	24	13 h/day	81 %	82 %	25 km/h	29.6 °C
February	349 mm	23	12 h/day	81 %	82 %	25 km/h	29.5 °C
March	304 mm	25	12 h/day	75 %	82 %	23 km/h	29.5 °C
April	252 mm	26	12 h/day	70 %	82 %	21 km/h	29.6 °C
May	236 mm	25	12 h/day	66 %	82 %	22 km/h	29.6 °C
June	213 mm	24	12 h/day	61 %	83 %	26 km/h	29.3 °C
July	206 mm	23	12 h/day	60 %	82 %	27 km/h	29.1 °C
August	215 mm	23	12 h/day	57 %	82 %	26 km/h	29.0 °C
September	182 mm	22	12 h/day	57 %	82 %	26 km/h	29.1 °C
October	209 mm	22	12 h/day	63 %	81 %	22 km/h	29.5 °C
November	220 mm	22	13 h/day	70 %	80 %	22 km/h	29.7 °C
December	300 mm	24	13 h/day	79 %	81 %	23 km/h	29.7 °C

Where Funafuti ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in January	3rdof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in December	4thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in February	6thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in March	15thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in November	18thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world year-round	20thof 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Funafuti.

QuestionsCommon questions about Funafuti’s climate

When is the best time to visit Funafuti?

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, December is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Funafuti get?

In December, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 26 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Funafuti?

January, averaging 366 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is September with 182 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,053 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 Funafuti 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: 1 August 2026

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.