Port Vila in April

Wet season tail.

All twelve months in one grid — weather, crowds and prices, with gaps left as unknown.

April is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• JuneGreatDry and mild.
• JulyGreatDry; Independence Day Jul 30 (holiday).
• AugustGreatDry.
• SeptemberGreatDry.

• Port VilaHighs around 29 °C (84 °F), lows around 23 °C (73 °F), rain on about 15 daysHighs around 84 °F (29 °C), lows around 73 °F (23 °C), rain on about 15 days
• Efate and the centre, Vanuatu · 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 (66 °F).Warm and humid Nov–Apr with heavy showers and cyclone risk; May–Oct is drier with trade winds and nights around 66 °F (19 °C).

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.

• Easter check

  Moves yearly · Nationwide

  Public holidays; churches busy.

• Pentecost land diving (Naghol) check

  April to June · Pentecost Island

  Seasonal ritual dives; book through the island (check).

• Cyclone season

  November to April · Nationwide

  Storms can close roads and airports.

• Nagol land diving, Pentecost

  Saturdays Apr–Jun · Vanuatu

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

Crowds · Vanuatu overall

Medium

Prices · Vanuatu overall

Medium

Vanuatu overall: Rain easing; land-diving season starts on Pentecost; Easter holidays.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Port Vila, side by side.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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