Funafuti
Tuvalu
One of the world's least-visited capitals sits on an impossibly narrow atoll surrounded by a spectacular lagoon.
Warmest month is January at 32°C on average. Coolest is February at 31°C. Driest reading falls in January with 16 rain days.
Six lead datapoints
- CoffeeWorld Bank PPP baseline$4.50 (~$4.50)PPP price tier 4 / 4
- $6.25 (~$6.25)PPP price tier 4 / 4
- Flight timeMethodology20h from London HeathrowGreat-circle plus routing overhead.
- Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors5,817 kg return from London HeathrowDEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
| Month | Avg high | Swing | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | ±2° | 16 |
| February | 31° | ±2° | 19 |
| March | 32° | ±2° | 16 |
| April | 32° | ±2° | 18 |
| May | 32° | ±2° | 18 |
| June | 32° | ±2° | 17 |
| July | 31° | ±1° | 18 |
| August | 31° | ±2° | 19 |
| September | 31° | ±1° | 17 |
| October | 32° | ±2° | 17 |
| November | 32° | ±2° | 16 |
| December | 32° | ±2° | 19 |
What to do
- Rent a motorbike to ride the entire length of the pencil-thin atoll
- Hire a boat to explore the untouched islets of the Funafuti Conservation Area
- Play soccer with locals directly on the open airport runway at dusk
- Snorkel the vibrant unharmed corals inside the massive central lagoon
How we know this
Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.