Port-Vila climate

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Port-Vila is warmest in February, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. March is the wettest month (237 mm) and August the driest (57 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Port-Vila averages 1,599 mm of rain and 280 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 28 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month August 57 mm
Wettest month March 237 mm
Least cloud October 56 % cloud
Hottest on record January 31 °C
Coldest on record August 16 °C
Warmest sea February 29 °C

What to expectPort-Vila through the year

Port-Vila has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in August to 28 °C in February, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 280 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 237 mm against 57 mm in August — 4.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Port-Vila is warmest in February at 29 °C and coldest in August at 26 °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	28.0 °C	190 mm	64 %
February	28.3 °C	204 mm	67 %
March	28.2 °C	237 mm	67 %
April	27.4 °C	223 mm	63 %
May	26.3 °C	139 mm	62 %
June	25.4 °C	98 mm	65 %
July	24.5 °C	66 mm	61 %
August	24.4 °C	57 mm	60 %
September	24.9 °C	77 mm	57 %
October	25.6 °C	89 mm	56 %
November	26.6 °C	85 mm	57 %
December	27.4 °C	132 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.0 °C	25.8 °C	26.8 °C	31.4 °C	21.3 °C	31	1
February	28.3 °C	26.0 °C	27.1 °C	31.1 °C	21.5 °C	28	1
March	28.2 °C	26.0 °C	27.0 °C	31.3 °C	22.0 °C	31	0
April	27.4 °C	25.4 °C	26.3 °C	30.6 °C	20.2 °C	30	0
May	26.3 °C	24.6 °C	25.3 °C	28.9 °C	19.1 °C	28	0
June	25.4 °C	23.8 °C	24.5 °C	29.2 °C	17.7 °C	19	0
July	24.5 °C	23.0 °C	23.7 °C	28.2 °C	18.6 °C	10	0
August	24.4 °C	22.8 °C	23.5 °C	30.3 °C	15.9 °C	10	0
September	24.9 °C	23.1 °C	23.9 °C	28.9 °C	17.5 °C	14	0
October	25.6 °C	23.7 °C	24.5 °C	30.6 °C	17.1 °C	21	0
November	26.6 °C	24.5 °C	25.4 °C	31.2 °C	18.9 °C	28	0
December	27.4 °C	25.3 °C	26.3 °C	30.7 °C	20.5 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	190 mm	18	13 h/day	64 %	81 %	26 km/h	28.4 °C
February	204 mm	19	13 h/day	67 %	82 %	26 km/h	28.7 °C
March	237 mm	21	12 h/day	67 %	83 %	26 km/h	28.7 °C
April	223 mm	18	12 h/day	63 %	81 %	28 km/h	28.2 °C
May	139 mm	12	11 h/day	62 %	77 %	30 km/h	27.4 °C
June	98 mm	10	11 h/day	65 %	76 %	32 km/h	26.5 °C
July	66 mm	8	11 h/day	61 %	73 %	31 km/h	25.8 °C
August	57 mm	7	12 h/day	60 %	73 %	31 km/h	25.6 °C
September	77 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	74 %	30 km/h	25.7 °C
October	89 mm	9	12 h/day	56 %	76 %	30 km/h	26.1 °C
November	85 mm	11	13 h/day	57 %	78 %	29 km/h	26.8 °C
December	132 mm	15	13 h/day	57 %	79 %	26 km/h	27.8 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Port-Vila.

QuestionsCommon questions about Port-Vila’s climate

When is the best time to visit Port-Vila?

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 August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Port-Vila get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Port-Vila?

March, averaging 237 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is August with 57 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,599 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 Port-Vila 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
Data point: -17.736°, 168.314° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.