climigo

Solomon Islands

When to go?

No month without a contraindication; the least rainy is June. Avoid all year (hot and often rainy, at times torrential rain).

Climate zones

Papua New GuineaHoniaraHoniaraHoniaraAukiAukiAuki

Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.

What is the climate like?

Area mean indicative, over the whole territory

Temperature and rain

January 28°24° torrential rain
February 28°24° torrential rain
March 28°24° torrential rain
April 28°24° torrential rain
May 28°24° torrential rain
June 27°24°
July 27°24° torrential rain
August 27°24°
September 27°24°
October 28°24° torrential rain
November 28°24° torrential rain
December 28°24° torrential rain

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec24.2 · 28.0 °CJanuary: 24.2 · 28.0 °C24.1 · 27.8 °CFebruary: 24.1 · 27.8 °C24.0 · 27.9 °CMarch: 24.0 · 27.9 °C24.0 · 27.8 °CApril: 24.0 · 27.8 °C24.0 · 27.5 °CMay: 24.0 · 27.5 °C23.8 · 27.1 °CJune: 23.8 · 27.1 °C23.6 · 26.8 °CJuly: 23.6 · 26.8 °C23.5 · 26.8 °CAugust: 23.5 · 26.8 °C23.6 · 27.2 °CSeptember: 23.6 · 27.2 °C23.7 · 27.5 °COctober: 23.7 · 27.5 °C23.9 · 27.8 °CNovember: 23.9 · 27.8 °C24.1 · 28.0 °CDecember: 24.1 · 28.0 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 24.2 – 28.0 °C
Feb 24.1 – 27.8 °C
Mar 24.0 – 27.9 °C
Apr 24.0 – 27.8 °C
May 24.0 – 27.5 °C
Jun 23.8 – 27.1 °C
Jul 23.6 – 26.8 °C
Aug 23.5 – 26.8 °C
Sep 23.6 – 27.2 °C
Oct 23.7 – 27.5 °C
Nov 23.9 – 27.8 °C
Dec 24.1 – 28.0 °C

How much it rains

January 393 mm29 d torrential rain
February 383 mm27 d torrential rain
March 400 mm30 d torrential rain
April 345 mm28 d torrential rain
May 313 mm29 d torrential rain
June 277 mm28 d
July 301 mm28 d torrential rain
August 279 mm28 d
September 287 mm28 d
October 310 mm29 d torrential rain
November 328 mm28 d torrential rain
December 363 mm28 d torrential rain

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec393 mm · 29 rain days · 14 mm a dayJanuary: 393 mm · 29 rain days · 14 mm a day383 mm · 27 rain days · 14 mm a dayFebruary: 383 mm · 27 rain days · 14 mm a day400 mm · 30 rain days · 13 mm a dayMarch: 400 mm · 30 rain days · 13 mm a day345 mm · 28 rain days · 12 mm a dayApril: 345 mm · 28 rain days · 12 mm a day313 mm · 29 rain days · 11 mm a dayMay: 313 mm · 29 rain days · 11 mm a day277 mm · 28 rain days · 10 mm a dayJune: 277 mm · 28 rain days · 10 mm a day301 mm · 28 rain days · 11 mm a dayJuly: 301 mm · 28 rain days · 11 mm a day279 mm · 28 rain days · 10 mm a dayAugust: 279 mm · 28 rain days · 10 mm a day287 mm · 28 rain days · 10 mm a daySeptember: 287 mm · 28 rain days · 10 mm a day310 mm · 29 rain days · 11 mm a dayOctober: 310 mm · 29 rain days · 11 mm a day328 mm · 28 rain days · 12 mm a dayNovember: 328 mm · 28 rain days · 12 mm a day363 mm · 28 rain days · 13 mm a dayDecember: 363 mm · 28 rain days · 13 mm a day

Rain days and how much water

Jan 393 mm29 d
Feb 383 mm27 d
Mar 400 mm30 d
Apr 345 mm28 d
May 313 mm29 d
Jun 277 mm28 d
Jul 301 mm28 d
Aug 279 mm28 d
Sep 287 mm28 d
Oct 310 mm29 d
Nov 328 mm28 d
Dec 363 mm28 d

Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day

Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm

Daylight hours

January 12 h 36
February 12 h 23
March 12 h 09
April 11 h 54
May 11 h 42
June 11 h 36
July 11 h 38
August 11 h 49
September 12 h 03
October 12 h 18
November 12 h 32
December 12 h 39

Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.

Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.

Main cities

Honiara

Auki

Cities