Lakeba weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇯 Fiji · beach resort · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Lakeba is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with August and September close behind. Lakeba averages about 2,640 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 58 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,640
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 1,625 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 75 m
When is the best time to visit Lakeba?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lakeba is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (67/100, 189 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lakeba?
Lakeba gets a lot of sun: around 2,640 hours a year. July (84/100) is noticeably better than January (67). It ranks #2 of 17 destinations in Fiji for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,586 hours. The year's 1,625 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67 | 27° / 81°F | 27° / 81°F | 189 mm | 13 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 67 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 195 mm | 13 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 67 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 210 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| April | 67 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 185 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| May | 75 | 26° / 79°F | 26° / 79°F | 108 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 76 | 25° / 77°F | 25° / 77°F | 99 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| July | 84 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 58 mm | 7 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 82 | 24° / 75°F | 24° / 75°F | 69 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 81 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 73 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 74 | 25° / 77°F | 25° / 77°F | 114 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| November | 70 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 133 mm | 12 | 27° / 81°F |
| December | 67 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 192 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Lakeba by month
The sea off Lakeba is warmest in February at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in July at 26°C / 79°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Suva Fiji · 278 km · best in Jul · 2,348 h sun/yr
- Nadi Fiji · 399 km · best in Jul · 2,625 h sun/yr
- Port Vila Vanuatu · 1,362 km · best in Aug · 2,538 h sun/yr
- Luganville Vanuatu · 1,515 km · best in Aug · 2,396 h sun/yr
- Nouméa New Caledonia · 1,599 km · best in Sep · 2,762 h sun/yr
- Nouméa (La Tontouta) New Caledonia · 1,619 km · best in Sep · 2,761 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Cicia Fiji · 75 km · 2,580 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vanua Balavu Fiji · 105 km · 2,631 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Moala Fiji · 136 km · 2,597 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ngau Fiji · 195 km · 2,596 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Matei Fiji · 202 km · 2,498 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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