When to go · Vanuatu
Vanuatu in February
Avoid month. Peak cyclone and rain month; flights and boats cancelled often.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Avoid
- Crowds
- Low
- Vanuatu
- Prices
- Low
- Vanuatu
Verdict
Peak cyclone and rain month; flights and boats cancelled often.
Weather in February
- Efate and the centre · 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.
- South · Tanna, Aneityum, Erromangostorm or typhoon risk
Coolest part of the country; the Yasur crater rim is windy and chilly at night Jun–Aug — bring a jacket.
- North · Espiritu Santo, Malekula, Pentecost, Ambrym, Banks and Torresstorm or typhoon risk
Hotter and wetter than Efate; the Banks and Torres islands catch cyclones earliest.
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.
John Frum Day (Tanna)
15 Feb
Parades and flag raising at Sulphur Bay, Tanna; not a national holiday.
Father Walter Lini Day
21 Feb
Honours the first prime minister; offices close.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Vanuatu
- Low
- Prices · Vanuatu
- Low
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
Where to go in February
Better another month
Efate and the centre
Warm and humid Nov–Apr with heavy showers and cyclone risk; May–Oct is drier with trade winds and nights around 19 °C.
South
Coolest part of the country; the Yasur crater rim is windy and chilly at night Jun–Aug — bring a jacket.
North
Hotter and wetter than Efate; the Banks and Torres islands catch cyclones earliest.
Hot, wet, cyclone season.