Lautoka climate by month
What the weather is like
Lautoka 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 26° and lows of 21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,954 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (302 mm, 28 wet days) and August the driest (76 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in July to 49% in February.
The sea reaches about 29° in March. 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, Lautoka is 0.7° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · February
- Coldest nights
- 21° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 25% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · March
- Longest day
- 13 h 10 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 05 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° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 374 mm | 297 mm | 302 mm | 184 mm | 104 mm | 66 mm | 55 mm | 76 mm | 68 mm | 88 mm | 127 mm | 213 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 25.8 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 21.5 | 19.3 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 9 | 11.2 | 15.3 | 20.7 | 22.5 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 49% | 47% | 38% | 34% | 29% | 25% | 27% | 29% | 31% | 35% | 41% |
| Sea temperature | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Daylight | 13h 04 | 12h 41 | 12h 13 | 11h 43 | 11h 18 | 11h 05 | 11h 10 | 11h 30 | 11h 59 | 12h 28 | 12h 56 | 13h 10 |
| Month score | 45 | 44 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 53 | 48 |