Niuatoputapu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇴 Tonga · beach resort · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Niuatoputapu is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with August and September close behind. Niuatoputapu averages about 2,684 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 57 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,684
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 1,795 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 301
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Niuatoputapu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Niuatoputapu is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (67/100, 249 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Niuatoputapu?
Niuatoputapu gets a lot of sun: around 2,684 hours a year. July (84/100) is noticeably better than January (67). Niuatoputapu is the sunniest of the 5 destinations tracked in Tonga. The year's 1,795 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 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 249 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| February | 67 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 225 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 67 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 178 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 67 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 176 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 136 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| June | 76 | 27° / 81°F | 27° / 81°F | 105 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 84 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 57 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 84 | 26° / 79°F | 26° / 79°F | 60 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| September | 79 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 84 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 71 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 130 mm | 12 | 28° / 82°F |
| November | 67 | 27° / 81°F | 27° / 81°F | 171 mm | 12 | 28° / 82°F |
| December | 67 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 224 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Niuatoputapu by month
The sea off Niuatoputapu is warmest in January at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in August at 27°C / 81°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 · 845 km · best in Jul · 2,348 h sun/yr
- Nadi Fiji · 954 km · best in Jul · 2,625 h sun/yr
- Port Vila Vanuatu · 1,913 km · best in Aug · 2,538 h sun/yr
- Luganville Vanuatu · 2,032 km · best in Aug · 2,396 h sun/yr
- Nouméa New Caledonia · 2,186 km · best in Sep · 2,762 h sun/yr
- Nouméa (La Tontouta) New Caledonia · 2,205 km · best in Sep · 2,761 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Vava'u Tonga · 291 km · 2,667 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Apia Samoa · 306 km · 2,565 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Pago Pago American Samoa · 378 km · 2,721 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Wallis Island Wallis & Futuna · 400 km · 2,633 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Lifuka Tonga · 426 km · 2,663 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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