When to go · Vanuatu
Vanuatu in October
Great month. Warm and mostly dry; a good shoulder month.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Crowds
- Medium
- Vanuatu
- Prices
- Medium
- Vanuatu
Verdict
Warm and mostly dry; a good shoulder month.
Weather in October
- Efate and the centre · Port Vila, Efate, Epi, Shepherd islandsbest weather
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.
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
- Medium
- Prices · Vanuatu
- Medium
What to pack
Nothing unusual for the weather this month.
Where to go in October
Rated best or good this month
Efate and the centre
Best weather of the year (Port Vila, Efate, Epi, Shepherd islands)
South
Best weather of the year (Tanna, Aneityum, Erromango)
Warming; drier.