Climate averages 1991–2020
Suva weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Suva: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasinu (12 km away). In August its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Suva, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Fiji, Suva ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 24.2°C; Suva is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 112 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Suva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 239 | 23.4 | 13.113 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 192 | 22.4 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 218 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 207 | 22.0 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 132 | 17.1 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 115 | 14.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 24.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 78 | 12.6 | 11.111 h |
| August, selected | 24.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 112 | 13.9 | 11.512 h |
| September | 24.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 146 | 17.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 26.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 130 | 17.7 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 203 | 22.6 | 13.213 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Suva) is explained once on the Suva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.