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Weather extremes

How extreme does Port-Vila's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Port-Vila has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Port Vila Bauerfield station 4 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Port-Vila has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
107°F Jan 19, 2010

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Port-Vila (typical high near 88°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 107°F Jan 19, 2010
2 103°F Apr 28, 1995
3 101°F Mar 9, 2018
❄️ Coldest night
48°F Jul 14, 1994

About 15°F colder than a normal July night in Port-Vila (typical low near 64°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 48°F Jul 14, 1994
2 48°F Sep 4, 1994
3 49°F Sep 28, 1993
🌧️ Most rain in one day
18.98 in Mar 9, 1993

More rain in a single day than Port-Vila usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 12.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 18.98 in Mar 9, 1993
2 18.97 in Sep 25, 2008
3 16.34 in Mar 21, 2022

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 107°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Port-Vila's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 107°F is about 19°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Port-Vila's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 107°F and as low as 48°F. A single day has delivered over 19 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Port Vila Bauerfield, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →