Taveuni weather in December
December in Taveuni: nice, soaked, with clean air — fine if you can take 24 rainy days.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#9 of 12 months in Taveuni · #790 of 1413 destinations to visit in December · comfort 68/100 (tier C)
- Days
- 22°C
- Nights
- 20°C
- Wet days
- 24
- Sun
- 10.1 h
- Humidity
- 83%
- Daylight
- 13 h
Traveller notes on Taveuni in December
Other months in Taveuni
Fiji's forum rates May as one of the better months nationwide - outside cyclone season, less humid, and comfortably warm without the summer's heat. That said, posters were clear even the drier season doesn't mean rain-free: daily tropical downpours remain a real possibility anywhere in Fiji regardless of season, and Taveuni specifically has a reputation as the wettest of the islands thanks to its own 'Garden Island' microclimate - the lush rainforest doesn't happen by accident. Water stays warm and lovely for swimming and snorkeling regardless.
Forum posters describe November as the start of Fiji's wetter, hotter cyclone-season stretch, with Taveuni specifically named by posters as the rainiest part of the country - noticeably wetter than the drier Yasawa and Mamanuca island groups further west. Posters describe a typical November day as often fine through the morning before clouding up and bringing rain later in the afternoon, rather than sustained all-day downpours, and multiple posters who visit every November report perfectly workable trips with only scattered rain rather than washouts. Posters consistently frame November as a real tradeoff worth making deliberately: genuinely lush, green scenery and thinner crowds in exchange for accepting that rain, and often quite a lot of it, is a normal daily feature rather than a rare exception here.
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Taveuni climate normals — December
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Taveuni in December
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.
Shoulder seasonschool holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Taveuni's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherTaveuni's weather peaks July–September.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Taveuni in December
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Nature
Tagimoucia in flower
1 Oct – 31 Dec · usuallyWildflowers & bloomsFiji's national flower grows wild nowhere else, in the rainforest above 600 metres around the crater lake, and it flowers late in the year. Getting up there is a long, wet day on foot with a guide. Source ↗
- Hazard
Cyclone season
1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April. Taveuni is steep and roadless on the east side, so the problem after a storm is usually landslips and a cut road rather than the wind itself. Source ↗
- Season
Wet season
MonsoonRisk24 rainy days and about 279 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.
from the climate normals
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Taveuni — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Taveuni?
Taveuni in December — FAQ
- Is December a good time to visit Taveuni?
- December in Taveuni: nice, soaked, with clean air — fine if you can take 24 rainy days. It ranks #9 of 12 months for Taveuni on SeasonMap's comfort score (68/100).
- What is the weather like in Taveuni in December?
- In December, Taveuni averages a daily high of 21.7°C and a low of 20.3°C, with about 278.5 mm of rain over roughly 23.9 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Taveuni in December?
- Taveuni has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 22 in December.
Within 300 km: Nadi's Fiji Sundays on 1 Jan – 31 Dec.