Climate averages 1991–2020
Suva weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Suva: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasinu (12 km away). In May its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Suva, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Fiji, Suva ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 2 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 2 cities is 25.9°C; Suva is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May 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.