Climate averages 1991–2020
Suva weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Suva: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasinu (12 km away). In October its highs average 25.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Suva, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Fiji, Suva ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 25.4°C; Suva is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October 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.