Weather in Port-Vila in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. You should expect rain on 17 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

November ranks 7 of 12 in Port-Vila: past the worst of the year but short of September, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 17 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 November 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 November day reached 28.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 23.6 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 62 mm — roughly 56% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 22 mm in the driest year against 190 mm in the wettest, around an average of 110 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind sits around 21.1 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 November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 25.9 °C in October, 26.7 here, 27.6 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in November

November is at or near the longest days of Port-Vila's year: 12.9 hours of daylight, gaining 0.4 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 26.5 °C in November — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 28.8 °C in February and bottoms out at 25.2 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

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

November in Port-Vila versus nearby

If Port-Vila is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Nouméa is a better bet in November — 2.4 °C cooler, 8 days less rain. Nadi is the weaker option in November — 2.2 °C warmer, 1 day more rain.

So: November works, with September the better month by 12 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Port-Vila

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