Climate averages 1991–2020

Port-Vila weather
in August.

A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.3°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 23.0°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 57 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Port-Vila · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Port-Vila: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nouméa (541 km away). In August its highs average 21.6°C, 2.7°C cooler than Port-Vila, with 66 mm of rain.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 73 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Port-Vila climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Port-Vila, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.8°C25.9°C25.9°C18618.013.113 h
February 28.1°C26.2°C26.2°C19819.312.713 h
March 28.0°C26.2°C26.2°C23721.812.212 h
April 27.3°C25.6°C25.6°C20919.011.712 h
May 26.2°C24.8°C24.8°C14612.611.311 h
June 25.3°C24.1°C24.1°C10410.211.111 h
July 24.4°C23.2°C23.2°C667.811.211 h
August, selected 24.3°C23.0°C23.0°C577.611.512 h
September 24.8°C23.3°C23.3°C738.012.012 h
October 25.4°C23.9°C23.9°C858.612.512 h
November 26.4°C24.7°C24.7°C7910.412.913 h
December 27.3°C25.5°C25.5°C13214.613.213 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

Distance from Port-Vila

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Port-Vila) is explained once on the Port-Vila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.