Climate averages 1991–2020
Suva weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Suva: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 203 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasinu (12 km away). In December its highs average 27.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Suva, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Fiji, Suva ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 2 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 2 cities is 27.3°C; Suva is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 203 mm to 239 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December 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.