What's on in Nadi (Fiji), Fiji through the year

Busy — Christmas and New Year peak, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Rule

  Fiji Sundays

  1 Jan – 31 DecClosures

  Sunday is kept here: village work stops, plenty of shops and some tour operators close, and church takes the morning. Resorts and the airport carry on, so it only bites if you meant to move around. Source ↗

Still on: Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dec – 8 Jan)

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Surf season on the passes

  1 Apr – 31 Oct · usually

  The southern-hemisphere swell reaches the Mamanuca reef passes from about April, which is when Cloudbreak and Restaurants work and the boats out of Denarau fill with board bags.

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Busy — Dry season

• Season

  Dry season

  1 May – 31 Oct · usuallyCrowded

  The western side of Viti Levu sits in the rain shadow and turns properly dry from May: this is the reliable half of the year, and the half the Australian and New Zealand school holidays are priced against.

• Nature

  Manta season in the Yasawas

  1 May – 31 Oct · usuallyDive season

  Reef mantas feed in the channel at Drawaqa through the dry half of the year and are snorkelled from a boat when the tide runs. It goes from Denarau and takes a whole day. Source ↗

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Surf season on the passes (1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually))

Busy — Dry season, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Cane crushing season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov · usuallyHarvest

  The mills at Lautoka and Ba run from about June to November, and the narrow-gauge cane trains hold up the Queens Road crossings all day. Burnt fields and smoke on the horizon come with it. Source ↗

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Surf season on the passes (1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)), Dry season (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Manta season in the Yasawas (1 May – 31 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Dry season, Bula Festival

• Festival

  Bula Festival

  18–25 JulMajor festivalCrowded

  A week of parades, food stalls and a nightly stage in Nadi's King Charles Park in July, put on by the local chamber of commerce and aimed squarely at Fijians rather than resort guests. Source ↗

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Surf season on the passes (1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)), Dry season (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Manta season in the Yasawas (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Cane crushing season (1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually))

Busy — Dry season, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Surf season on the passes (1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)), Dry season (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Manta season in the Yasawas (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Cane crushing season (1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually))

Busy — Dry season, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Surf season on the passes (1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)), Dry season (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Manta season in the Yasawas (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Cane crushing season (1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually))

Peak crowds — Dry season, Fiji Day

• Holiday

  Fiji Day

  8–12 OctMajor festivalClosuresCrowded

  Independence Day on 10 October, with a week of civic and church events around it. Government offices, banks and many shops close, and domestic flights and ferries book out for the long weekend. Source ↗

• Festival

  Diwali

  15 Oct – 20 Nov · usuallyClosures

  Fiji's Indo-Fijian communities make Diwali a national public holiday: lamps and lights along the Nadi back road, sweets given between neighbours, and shops shut for the day itself. Source ↗

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Surf season on the passes (1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)), Dry season (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Manta season in the Yasawas (1 May – 31 Oct (usually)), Cane crushing season (1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Hazard

  Cyclone season

  1 Nov – 30 AprClosures

  The South Pacific storm season, at its most active in January and February. Resorts have drills and the airport reopens quickly, but a system can take three or four days out of a week here. Source ↗

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Cane crushing season (1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually)), Diwali (15 Oct – 20 Nov (usually))

Busy — Christmas and New Year peak, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dec – 8 JanChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  Australia and New Zealand come for the summer break and the island resorts run full at their highest rates of the year, in the middle of the wet and cyclone season. Source ↗

Still on: Fiji Sundays (1 Jan – 31 Dec), Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)