Weather in Labasa in December

Shoulder season. December is shoulder season in Labasa — cheaper, quieter, and a genuine gamble. You should expect rain on 22 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

December ranks 9 of 12 in Labasa: past the worst of the year but short of July, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 22 of the month's 31 days, 7 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Pack for 29.6 °C days and 26 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 11 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break; the day barely swings — 3.6 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest December day reached 32.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 22.4 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 115 mm — roughly 52% of the month's rain in one day.

December is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest December on record still delivered 448 mm against 94 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 220 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind sits around 16.6 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 79%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How December sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 29.2 °C in November, 29.6 here, 29.9 in January. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in December

Labasa sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 13.1 hours in December, against a range of just 1.9 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 6.4 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

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

December in Labasa versus nearby

If Labasa is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Nadi is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain. Port-Vila is a better bet in December — 2 °C cooler, 3 days less rain.

So: December is a compromise. July is 27 points better and is what Labasa 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 Labasa

See all twelve months in Labasa, or where else to go in December.