Whitesands
19.51° S, 169.45° E
When to go?
Mean 25 °C, 25 rain days in the month (264 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 23 rain days in the month (237 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Cyclonesone within 300 km, 1 year in 4
Mean 25 °C, 26 rain days in the month (274 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 27 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Cyclonesone within 300 km, 1 year in 5
Mean 24 °C, 22 rain days in the month (206 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 22 °C, 17 rain days in the month (161 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 21 °C, 13 rain days in the month (112 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Mean 21 °C, 11 rain days in the month (87 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Mean 20 °C, 12 rain days in the month (96 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Mean 21 °C, 13 rain days in the month (94 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Mean 22 °C, 16 rain days in the month (104 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 23 °C, 17 rain days in the month (128 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 24 °C, 20 rain days in the month (183 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
No ideal month: the best months are July–August, the least rainy with the right temperature. Nothing against June, September either. Ideal for the sea: all year. Avoid October–May (often rainy, at times hot and cyclones).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
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
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Pacific Ocean
Monthly mean sea temperature: Pacific Ocean (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Pacific Ocean (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.6 °C. Warmest year: 2022 (+1.3 °C), coldest: 1965 (−0.6 °C).
April and February warmed the most (+0.6 and +0.5 °C), November the least (+0.1 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.3 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990