Weather in Faaa in April

A good month. April is a solid month to be in Faaa. You should expect rain on 18 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

April ranks 8 of 12 in Faaa: past the worst of the year but short of September, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 18 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average April reaches 30 °C; the day barely swings — 1.1 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest April day reached 29.4 °C and the coldest night fell to 25 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 71 mm — roughly 61% of the month's rain in one day.

April is moderately variable: 30 mm in the driest year against 276 mm in the wettest, around an average of 116 mm. Roughly two Aprils in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 15.1 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 80%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How April sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 27.8 °C in March, 27.7 here, 27.1 in May. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in April

April sits at the dark end of Faaa's year — 11.7 hours of daylight against 13.2 at midsummer, losing 0.5 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 28.8 °C in April — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. This is the warmest the water gets all year.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

April in Faaa versus nearby

If Faaa is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Vaitape is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain. Avarua is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain.

So: April is a compromise. September is 20 points better and is what Faaa is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Faaa

See all twelve months in Faaa, or where else to go in April.