Hanga Roa (Easter Island) weather by month
The best time to visit Hanga Roa (Easter Island) is December to February — 91/100 in January, 27°C and 8 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, September to January (88/100 on average).
The worst month is May at 76/100 — nice, rainy, clean air. See May →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: September to January (88/100 on average) · worst May (76/100)
- Days
- 27°C
- Nights
- 20°C
- Wet days
- 8
- Sun
- 12.1 h
- Humidity
- 76%
- Daylight
- 14 h
Hanga Roa, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Hanga Roa is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Hanga Roa through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Hanga Roa in January
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusySummer holidays in Chile, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Hanga Roa
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Easter Island's forum makes clear that June falls in the island's cooler, windier stretch of the year - daytime highs in the high teens C, a stiff onshore wind most days that makes a windproof jacket essential, and scattered showers that pass through and clear rather than settling in for the day. One traveler noted June actually saw less rain than the April/May stretch before it, which lines up with this being one of Rapa Nui's drier months on average. Trails can still turn muddy after a shower, but the payoff mentioned repeatedly is dramatic skies and frequent rainbows.
Forum posters describe December as warm rather than hot in the sun (maybe just over 80F) cooling to the 60sF at night, with the island's small size moderating extremes either way. Humidity plus steady breeze can make it feel warmer than the number suggests, and rain is called genuinely unpredictable - it can arrive suddenly and heavily even though December sits within the statistically drier December-February stretch, so a poncho and a hat that won't blow off in the wind are standard advice. December through February is also named as the high season for visitor numbers. Hanga Roa itself, the island's only real town and home to the airport, functions as the practical base for reaching the archaeological sites, beaches and diving spots elsewhere on the island.
Add your own note from Hanga Roa's card on the map.