Vanuatu in May

Dry season begins; land diving in full swing.

• Efate and the centre · Port Vila, Efate, Epi, Shepherd islandsfine

  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, Erromangobest weather

  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 Torresfine

  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.

• Nagol land diving, Pentecost

  Saturdays Apr–Jun

  Tower jumps in south Pentecost villages; charter flights from Port Vila fill up.

• Labour Day and Ascension Day

  1 May; Ascension Day (May or Jun)

  Public holidays; offices closed.

Crowds · Vanuatu

Medium

Prices · Vanuatu

Medium

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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Rated best or good this month

• South

  Best weather of the year (Tanna, Aneityum, Erromango)

• Port Vila

  Drier, cooler months begin.