Погода: Сува, июнь

June is Fijian winter and the start of the good half of the year: low humidity, days around 27 to 30C and nights cool enough to sleep in, which our row puts at 29.6C and 19.9C. It is the dry season, and regulars are careful to say that dry does not mean rainless - most people visiting in May or June report a tropical shower at some point, and our row still counts 2.6 precipitation days carrying 46mm. The other feature of this half of the year is the south-east trades, which blow from May to October and can get strong in June, July and August. The sea is cooler than it is from November to April and still, in their word, wonderful. The record: feels-like 33C by day, humidity 80 percent, a 27.9C sea and AQI 19.

Forum posters describe February as one of Fiji's hottest, most humid months, with daily highs in the mid-to-upper 80sF, sitting within the wet season that runs November through March. Posters specifically single out Suva as probably one of the toughest spots in Fiji for weather, with rain almost daily - anywhere from an hour or two to entire days lost to it. Posters note the wet season does bring one real upside: lower resort rates as the off-peak discount kicks in. Posters are consistent that ocean water stays warm and inviting year-round regardless of the rain, and recommend booking air-conditioned accommodation given the heat and humidity. Posters generally rate February as hot, humid and Fiji's most rain-affected stretch, especially pronounced in Suva itself, though cheaper rates and warm water remain real upsides.

Forum posters are candid that Suva sits on the wetter side of Fiji and is genuinely one of the rainier spots on the islands - 'it will rain in Suva, it always has and it always will,' as one poster put it, with June-August named as the roughest stretch of the year for that side of the country specifically. That said, broader Fiji forum consensus describes August overall as pleasant - not too hot, daytime around 24-28C with nights cooling to the high-teens/low-20sC, stretches of sunny days interspersed with overcast periods that can last a day or two. Posters recommend basing expectations for Suva itself on its reputation as one of the less reliably sunny parts of Fiji, while treating nearby islands and the western Coral Coast as the more consistently dry alternative for the same month.