Lautoka weather in February

In February, Lautoka sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 268 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Lautoka's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lautoka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 268 mm; 21 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 7:07 AM – 7:43 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Lautoka is city in Ba Province, Fiji.

Density: 3,281/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical February day in Lautoka reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26

How February really feels in Lautoka

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 25 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lautoka weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 26°	291	22.5	12.9	4.2
Feb	28° / 26°	268	21	12.6	4.0
Mar	28° / 26°	255	22.5	12.1	4.2
Apr	28° / 25°	165	15.1	11.6	5.4
May	27° / 24°	86	8.2	11.2	6.8
Jun	26° / 23°	69	6.5	11	7.3
Jul	26° / 22°	43	5.2	11.1	7.7
Aug	26° / 22°	72	7.1	11.4	7.5
Sep	26° / 23°	69	8.6	11.9	7.0
Oct	27° / 23°	107	13.1	12.4	6.2
Nov	27° / 24°	120	14.8	12.8	5.7
Dec	28° / 25°	178	19.3	13	4.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	38	38	38	38	38	37	38	38	38	39	38	38	37	36	36	36	35	35	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	32	32
Cloudier (%)	62	62	62	62	62	63	62	62	62	61	62	62	63	64	64	64	65	65	67	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	68	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Lautoka gets around 268 mm of rain over 21 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 76% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	75	75	76	76	76	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	75
7	75
8	75
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	75
18	75
19	75
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	78
28	78

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the oppressive band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Muggy (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Oppressive (%)	61	60	59	58	57	57	56	57	56	56	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	61	61
Miserable (%)	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	61	34
2	5	60	35
3	5	59	36
4	5	58	37
5	5	57	38
6	5	57	38
7	5	56	39
8	4	57	39
9	4	56	40
10	4	56	40
11	4	56	40
12	4	56	40
13	3	57	40
14	3	57	40
15	3	58	39
16	3	58	39
17	3	59	38
18	2	60	38
19	2	60	38
20	2	61	37
21	2	61	37
22	2	61	37
23	2	61	37
24	2	61	37
25	1	62	37
26	1	62	37
27	1	61	38
28	1	61	38

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 7:35 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12
Sunset (PM)	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	7:00	7:47
2	12.8	7:01	7:47
3	12.8	7:01	7:47
4	12.7	7:02	7:46
5	12.7	7:02	7:46
6	12.7	7:03	7:46
7	12.7	7:03	7:46
8	12.7	7:04	7:45
9	12.7	7:04	7:45
10	12.7	7:05	7:45
11	12.6	7:05	7:44
12	12.6	7:06	7:44
13	12.6	7:06	7:43
14	12.6	7:07	7:43
15	12.6	7:07	7:43
16	12.6	7:07	7:42
17	12.6	7:08	7:42
18	12.5	7:08	7:41
19	12.5	7:09	7:41
20	12.5	7:09	7:40
21	12.5	7:09	7:40
22	12.5	7:10	7:39
23	12.5	7:10	7:38
24	12.5	7:11	7:38
25	12.4	7:11	7:37
26	12.4	7:11	7:37
27	12.4	7:12	7:36
28	12.4	7:12	7:35

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.49 kWh/m² in November across the year — February's 5.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Lautoka

In seasonPeak

In February, Lautoka sits inside its cyclone and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Lautoka sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Lautoka's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Lautoka?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Lautoka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lautoka in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Lautoka sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Lautoka in February

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	27	28	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	28	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	28	Warm
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Lautoka in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lautoka peaks around February 12 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	17	15	11	9	8	8	9	14	15	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Lautoka?

Lautoka sits at 17.6°S, 177.5°E, 47 m above sea level, in Fiji. The nearest listed city is Nadi, 21 km away.

Topography around Lautoka

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Lautoka.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lautoka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,179 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,286 m.

The land around Lautoka is covered by grassland (26%), water (26%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (51%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and water (63%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

118 m

grassland 26%

16 km

1,179 m

water 51%

80 km

1,286 m

water 63%

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← January Lautoka year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Nadi 21 km · Sigatoka 59 km · Lami 115 km · Suva 118 km · Nasinu 123 km · Levuka 204 km · Labasa 242 km · Mata-Utu 836 km

Fiji travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,642; 2025
Safe drinking water: 42%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 13.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lautoka (-17.6169°, 177.4505°, elevation 47 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	75
7	75
8	75
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	75
18	75
19	75
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	78
28	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	61	34
2	5	60	35
3	5	59	36
4	5	58	37
5	5	57	38
6	5	57	38
7	5	56	39
8	4	57	39
9	4	56	40
10	4	56	40
11	4	56	40
12	4	56	40
13	3	57	40
14	3	57	40
15	3	58	39
16	3	58	39
17	3	59	38
18	2	60	38
19	2	60	38
20	2	61	37
21	2	61	37
22	2	61	37
23	2	61	37
24	2	61	37
25	1	62	37
26	1	62	37
27	1	61	38
28	1	61	38

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	75
7	75
8	75
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	75
18	75
19	75
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	78
28	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	61	34
2	5	60	35
3	5	59	36
4	5	58	37
5	5	57	38
6	5	57	38
7	5	56	39
8	4	57	39
9	4	56	40
10	4	56	40
11	4	56	40
12	4	56	40
13	3	57	40
14	3	57	40
15	3	58	39
16	3	58	39
17	3	59	38
18	2	60	38
19	2	60	38
20	2	61	37
21	2	61	37
22	2	61	37
23	2	61	37
24	2	61	37
25	1	62	37
26	1	62	37
27	1	61	38
28	1	61	38

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	75
7	75
8	75
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	75
18	75
19	75
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	78
28	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	61	34
2	5	60	35
3	5	59	36
4	5	58	37
5	5	57	38
6	5	57	38
7	5	56	39
8	4	57	39
9	4	56	40
10	4	56	40
11	4	56	40
12	4	56	40
13	3	57	40
14	3	57	40
15	3	58	39
16	3	58	39
17	3	59	38
18	2	60	38
19	2	60	38
20	2	61	37
21	2	61	37
22	2	61	37
23	2	61	37
24	2	61	37
25	1	62	37
26	1	62	37
27	1	61	38
28	1	61	38