Vanuatu in January

Hot, wet and in cyclone season; Australian summer holidays fill Port Vila.

• Efate and the centre · 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.

• South · Tanna, Aneityum, Erromangorainy

  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 Torresrainy

  Hotter and wetter than Efate; the Banks and Torres islands catch cyclones earliest.

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.

• New Year's Day

  1 Jan

  Resorts full over Christmas–New Year; shops shut.

Crowds · Vanuatu

Medium

Prices · Vanuatu

High

High-price month: see what to book ahead.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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• Port Vila

  Hot, wet, cyclone season.