Tonga in March

Still humid and stormy; cheap if flexible.

March is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• MayGreatDry season begins; yachts start to arrive in Vava'u.
• JuneGreatCool, dry and clear; whales start to appear late in the month.
• JulyGreatWhale season and the Heilala Festival; book flights and whale boats months ahead.
• AugustGreatPeak whale month; dry and cool; Vava'u busiest.

• Tongatapu and 'Eua · Nuku'alofa, the south coast, 'Euastorm or typhoon risk

  Southernmost group: Jun–Aug nights can drop to about 16 °C (61 °F), and the trade winds make it pleasant. Dec–Mar is humid with heavy showers and cyclone risk.Southernmost group: Jun–Aug nights can drop to about 61 °F (16 °C), and the trade winds make it pleasant. Dec–Mar is humid with heavy showers and cyclone risk.

• Ha'apai · Lifuka, Foa, Uolevastorm or typhoon risk

  Low coral islands with little shade; the whole group is exposed to storms and to tsunamis.

• Vava'u · Neiafu and the island mazestorm or typhoon risk

  A few degrees warmer and wetter than Tongatapu. The sheltered harbour makes it the sailing base; yachts arrive from May and leave before November.

• The Niuas · Niuatoputapu, Niuafo'oustorm or typhoon risk

  Remote northern islands closer to Samoa; hot, wet and rarely visited, with infrequent flights.

• Nuku'alofa30 °C (86 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 16 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 16 rain days

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

  Mar–Apr (Good Friday, Easter Monday)

  Two public holidays next to a Sunday: four quiet days, church-going and few services.

Crowds · Tonga

Low

Prices · Tonga

Low

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

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
• A spare day in the plan: storms can cancel flights and ferries

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• Tongatapu and 'Eua

  Southernmost group: Jun–Aug nights can drop to about 16 °C (61 °F), and the trade winds make it pleasant. Dec–Mar is humid with heavy showers and cyclone risk.Southernmost group: Jun–Aug nights can drop to about 61 °F (16 °C), and the trade winds make it pleasant. Dec–Mar is humid with heavy showers and cyclone risk.

• Ha'apai

  Low coral islands with little shade; the whole group is exposed to storms and to tsunamis.

• Vava'u

  A few degrees warmer and wetter than Tongatapu. The sheltered harbour makes it the sailing base; yachts arrive from May and leave before November.

• The Niuas

  Remote northern islands closer to Samoa; hot, wet and rarely visited, with infrequent flights.