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Luganville climate by month
What the weather is like
Luganville has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 29° and nights 25°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,677 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (309 mm, 28 wet days) and September the driest (129 mm, 17 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in October to 55% 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 Port Vila, the capital, Luganville is 1.4° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · February
- Coldest nights
- 23° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- October · 38% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · March
- Longest day
- 13 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 13 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° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 301 mm | 294 mm | 309 mm | 305 mm | 225 mm | 199 mm | 115 mm | 140 mm | 129 mm | 175 mm | 252 mm | 233 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 25.7 | 24.2 | 28 | 24 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 21.8 | 23.2 | 23.7 |
| Cloud cover | 49% | 55% | 51% | 42% | 44% | 43% | 44% | 42% | 40% | 38% | 40% | 41% |
| Sea temperature | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Daylight | 12h 57 | 12h 36 | 12h 12 | 11h 46 | 11h 24 | 11h 13 | 11h 17 | 11h 35 | 12h 00 | 12h 26 | 12h 50 | 13h 02 |
| Month score | 43 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 48 |