Climate averages 1991–2020
Suva weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Suva: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasinu (12 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Suva, with 261 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Fiji, Suva ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 28.1°C; Suva is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 218 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March 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.