Wallis and Futuna in May

Drier trade-wind season begins.

May is rated good. These months rate higher:

• JuneGreatCooler and dry; good lagoon days.
• JulyGreatTerritory Day (29 Jul) and school holidays; book flights early.
• AugustGreatDry and pleasant; Assumption feasts.
• SeptemberGreatDry and quiet.

• Wallis (Uvea) · Mata-Utu, Hihifo, the lagoon isletsfine

  Hot and humid all year, 25–31 °C (77–88 °F). May–October has trade winds and less rain; December–March is the wettest, stormiest stretch.Hot and humid all year, 77–88 °F (25–31 °C). May–October has trade winds and less rain; December–March is the wettest, stormiest stretch.

• Futuna and Alofi · Leava, Sigave, Alo, Poifine

  Mountainous and wetter than Wallis, with heavier rain on the slopes; the small airstrip and harbour close in bad weather.

• Mata-Utu30 °C (86 °F) / 25 °C (77 °F), 18 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 77 °F (25 °C), 18 rain days
• Wallis Island29 °C (84 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 14 rain days84 °F (29 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 14 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.

• Labour Day and Victory in Europe Day

  1 May, 8 May

  French public holidays.

• Ascension and Pentecost

  May–Jun (Ascension, Whit Monday)

  Catholic holidays.

• Drier season

  May to October · Mata-Utu

  Calmer seas, best for lagoon days and the lakes; more travellers.

Crowds · Wallis and Futuna

Low

Prices · Wallis and Futuna

Medium

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

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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Rated best or good this month

• Mata-Utu

  Drier season begins; humid but calmer.

• Wallis Island

  Best months: May–Oct