When to go · Port Vila
Port Vila in April
Mixed month. Wet season tail.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Temperature
- 29°C84°F / 23°C73°F
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 15
- Crowds
- Medium
- Vanuatu overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Vanuatu overall
Verdict
Wet season tail.
Weather in April
- Port VilaHighs around 29 °C, lows around 23 °C, rain on about 15 daysHighs around 84 °F, lows around 73 °F, rain on about 15 days
- Efate and the centre, Vanuatu · Port Vila, Efate, Epi, Shepherd islandsrainy
Warm and humid Nov–Apr with heavy showers and cyclone risk; May–Oct is drier with trade winds and nights around 19 °C.Warm and humid Nov–Apr with heavy showers and cyclone risk; May–Oct is drier with trade winds and nights around 66 °F.
Wet season season
Green, hot, fewer visitors, cheaper rooms.
Watch: Cyclones (peak Jan–Mar), heavy rain and closures.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Easter check
Moves yearly · Nationwide
Public holidays; churches busy.
Pentecost land diving (Naghol) check
April to June · Pentecost Island
Seasonal ritual dives; book through the island (check).
Cyclone season
November to April · Nationwide
Storms can close roads and airports.
Nagol land diving, Pentecost
Saturdays Apr–Jun · Vanuatu
Tower jumps in south Pentecost villages; charter flights from Port Vila fill up.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Vanuatu overall
- Medium
- Prices · Vanuatu overall
- Medium
Vanuatu overall: Rain easing; land-diving season starts on Pentecost; Easter holidays.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast