French Polynesia · Oceania & Pacific Ocean

Best Time to Visit French Polynesia

Best: May · Great: Apr, Jun, Sep-Oct, Dec

🏖 Beaches & Islands🤿 Diving & Snorkeling
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Weather

It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on January and a markedly drier stretch around May. In May, expect highs around 27°C with rain on roughly 8 days of the month.

Things to Do

Tahiti and Bora Bora's overwater bungalows and turquoise lagoons are the signature draw, alongside diving and pearl farms across the islands.

Local Cuisine

Try poisson cru, Tahiti's raw fish salad in coconut milk.

Month-by-month weather

Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.

JanuaryAvoid

Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with very wet conditions (~20 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 23°C
Rainfall160 mm
Rainy days20
Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset6:28 PM
Daylight12h 56m
FebruaryAvoid

Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 23°C
Rainfall120 mm
Rainy days15
Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset6:17 PM
Daylight12h 34m
MarchAvoid

Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 23°C
Rainfall104 mm
Rainy days13
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:04 PM
Daylight12h 7m
AprilGreat

Expect warm days around 28°/23°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low28° / 23°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise6:12 AM
Sunset5:48 PM
Daylight11h 36m
MayBest

Expect warm days around 27°/22°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low27° / 22°C
Rainfall64 mm
Rainy days8
Sunrise6:25 AM
Sunset5:35 PM
Daylight11h 11m
JuneGreat

Expect warm days around 27°/21°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low27° / 21°C
Rainfall72 mm
Rainy days9
Sunrise6:31 AM
Sunset5:29 PM
Daylight10h 58m
JulyAvoid

Expect warm days around 26°/21°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).

High / Low26° / 21°C
Rainfall104 mm
Rainy days13
Sunrise6:29 AM
Sunset5:31 PM
Daylight11h 3m
AugustAvoid

Expect warm days around 26°/21°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).

High / Low26° / 21°C
Rainfall104 mm
Rainy days13
Sunrise6:18 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Daylight11h 25m
SeptemberGreat

Expect warm days around 27°/21°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low27° / 21°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise6:03 AM
Sunset5:57 PM
Daylight11h 54m
OctoberGreat

Expect warm days around 27°/22°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low27° / 22°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise5:48 AM
Sunset6:12 PM
Daylight12h 24m
NovemberAvoid

Expect warm days around 28°/22°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low28° / 22°C
Rainfall104 mm
Rainy days13
Sunrise5:35 AM
Sunset6:25 PM
Daylight12h 50m
DecemberGreat

Expect warm days around 28°/23°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low28° / 23°C
Rainfall88 mm
Rainy days11
Sunrise5:29 AM
Sunset6:31 PM
Daylight13h 3m

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