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Labasa climate by month
What the weather is like
Labasa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 29° and nights 25°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,157 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (304 mm, 29 wet days) and September the driest (87 mm, 13 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 31% in July to 52% in January.
The sea reaches about 29° in February. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Suva, the capital, Labasa is 1.5° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · February
- Coldest nights
- 22° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- July · 31% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · February
- Longest day
- 13 h 06 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 09 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 351 mm | 316 mm | 304 mm | 224 mm | 126 mm | 82 mm | 53 mm | 62 mm | 87 mm | 118 mm | 176 mm | 258 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 24.3 | 23.8 | 29.3 | 22.7 | 21 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 18.2 | 22.2 | 23.2 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 52% | 50% | 42% | 36% | 32% | 31% | 32% | 34% | 36% | 40% | 47% |
| Sea temperature | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° |
| Daylight | 13h 00 | 12h 38 | 12h 13 | 11h 44 | 11h 21 | 11h 09 | 11h 14 | 11h 33 | 11h 59 | 12h 27 | 12h 52 | 13h 06 |
| Month score | 40 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 52 | 57 | 59 | 57 | 57 | 51 | 46 | 43 |