When to go · Port Vila
Port Vila in March
Avoid month. Cyclone season; heavy rain.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Avoid
- Temperature
- 29°C84°F / 24°C75°F
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 19
- Crowds
- Low
- Vanuatu overall
- Prices
- Low
- Vanuatu overall
Verdict
Cyclone season; heavy rain.
Weather in March
- Port VilaHighs around 29 °C, lows around 24 °C, rain on about 19 daysHighs around 84 °F, lows around 75 °F, rain on about 19 days
- Efate and the centre, Vanuatu · Port Vila, Efate, Epi, Shepherd islandsstorm or typhoon risk
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.
Custom Chiefs' Day
5 March · Nationwide
Public holiday honouring custom chiefs.
Easter check
Moves yearly · Nationwide
Public holidays; churches busy.
Cyclone season
November to April · Nationwide
Storms can close roads and airports.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Vanuatu overall
- Low
- Prices · Vanuatu overall
- Low
Vanuatu overall: Still stormy; several of the worst cyclones (Pam 2015, Judy and Kevin 2023) hit in March.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
- A spare day in the plan: storms can cancel flights and ferries