When to go · Vanuatu
Vanuatu in November
Mixed month. Cyclone season opens; often still fine, but keep plans flexible.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Crowds
- Low
- Vanuatu
- Prices
- Medium
- Vanuatu
Verdict
Cyclone season opens; often still fine, but keep plans flexible.
Weather in November
- 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, Erromangofine
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.
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.
Assumption, Constitution Day, Unity Day
15 Aug; 5 Oct; 29 Nov
Public holidays; government offices close.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Vanuatu
- Low
- Prices · Vanuatu
- Medium
What to pack
Nothing unusual for the weather this month.