Suva weather in February

In February, Suva sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 191 mm of rain across 22.1 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-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 23% 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 Suva's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Suva's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 191 mm; 22.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 7:03 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 10th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Suva is capital city of Fiji.

Density: 38/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 Suva reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°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

Suva weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 26°	240	23.1	13	4.5
Feb	28° / 26°	191	22.1	12.6	4.2
Mar	28° / 26°	218	25.5	12.1	4.1
Apr	27° / 26°	207	22.1	11.6	4.6
May	26° / 25°	132	17.3	11.2	5.5
Jun	25° / 24°	115	14.2	10.9	6.0
Jul	25° / 23°	78	12.7	11	6.4
Aug	24° / 23°	112	13.7	11.4	6.3
Sep	24° / 23°	112	14.4	11.9	6.1
Oct	25° / 24°	146	17.6	12.4	5.6
Nov	26° / 25°	130	17.6	12.9	5.4
Dec	27° / 25°	202	22.5	13.1	4.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	36	36	35	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	64	64	64	64	65	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Suva gets around 191 mm of rain over 22.1 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 80% and peaks near 82% 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 (%)	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	78
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82

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 53% 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 (%)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Oppressive (%)	57	57	55	54	53	52	52	51	50	50	49	49	50	50	51	51	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	53	53
Miserable (%)	37	38	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	6	57	37
2	5	57	38
3	5	55	40
4	5	54	41
5	5	53	42
6	5	52	43
7	5	52	43
8	5	51	44
9	5	50	45
10	5	50	45
11	5	49	46
12	4	49	46
13	4	50	46
14	4	50	46
15	4	51	45
16	4	51	45
17	4	52	44
18	4	53	43
19	4	53	43
20	4	53	43
21	4	53	43
22	4	53	43
23	3	54	43
24	3	54	43
25	3	54	43
26	3	54	43
27	3	53	44
28	3	53	44

Wind in February

Winds average 17 km/h in February, the calmest month.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 6:56 AM to 7:08 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 7:32 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	12.8	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	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08
Sunset (PM)	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	6:56	7:44
2	12.8	6:56	7:44
3	12.8	6:57	7:44
4	12.8	6:57	7:43
5	12.8	6:58	7:43
6	12.7	6:58	7:43
7	12.7	6:59	7:42
8	12.7	6:59	7:42
9	12.7	7:00	7:42
10	12.7	7:00	7:41
11	12.7	7:01	7:41
12	12.7	7:01	7:41
13	12.6	7:02	7:40
14	12.6	7:02	7:40
15	12.6	7:03	7:39
16	12.6	7:03	7:39
17	12.6	7:03	7:38
18	12.6	7:04	7:38
19	12.5	7:04	7:37
20	12.5	7:05	7:37
21	12.5	7:05	7:36
22	12.5	7:05	7:36
23	12.5	7:06	7:35
24	12.5	7:06	7:34
25	12.5	7:07	7:34
26	12.4	7:07	7:33
27	12.4	7:07	7:32
28	12.4	7:08	7:32

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in January across the year — February's 6 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	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Suva

In seasonPeak

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

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

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Suva?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Suva for sightseeing.

What to pack for Suva in February

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

In February, Suva sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Suva 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 February at about 29°C and coldest in August near 25°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)	28	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	25	26	27	28
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	28	Tropical
May	27	Warm
Jun	26	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	28	Warm

UV index in Suva 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 Suva peaks around February 13 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	13	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	13	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Suva?

Suva sits at 18.1°S, 178.4°E, in Fiji. The nearest listed city is Lami, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Suva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Suva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 532 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,286 m.

The land around Suva is covered by water (48%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (52%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and water (63%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

104 m

water 48%

16 km

532 m

water 52%

80 km

1,286 m

water 63%

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

February weather nearby: Lami 3.0 km · Nasinu 12 km · Levuka 95 km · Sigatoka 97 km · Nadi 113 km · Lautoka 118 km · Labasa 214 km · Nuku‘alofa 746 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 Suva (-18.1368°, 178.4253°), 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	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	78
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	6	57	37
2	5	57	38
3	5	55	40
4	5	54	41
5	5	53	42
6	5	52	43
7	5	52	43
8	5	51	44
9	5	50	45
10	5	50	45
11	5	49	46
12	4	49	46
13	4	50	46
14	4	50	46
15	4	51	45
16	4	51	45
17	4	52	44
18	4	53	43
19	4	53	43
20	4	53	43
21	4	53	43
22	4	53	43
23	3	54	43
24	3	54	43
25	3	54	43
26	3	54	43
27	3	53	44
28	3	53	44

	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	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	78
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	6	57	37
2	5	57	38
3	5	55	40
4	5	54	41
5	5	53	42
6	5	52	43
7	5	52	43
8	5	51	44
9	5	50	45
10	5	50	45
11	5	49	46
12	4	49	46
13	4	50	46
14	4	50	46
15	4	51	45
16	4	51	45
17	4	52	44
18	4	53	43
19	4	53	43
20	4	53	43
21	4	53	43
22	4	53	43
23	3	54	43
24	3	54	43
25	3	54	43
26	3	54	43
27	3	53	44
28	3	53	44

	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	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	78
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	6	57	37
2	5	57	38
3	5	55	40
4	5	54	41
5	5	53	42
6	5	52	43
7	5	52	43
8	5	51	44
9	5	50	45
10	5	50	45
11	5	49	46
12	4	49	46
13	4	50	46
14	4	50	46
15	4	51	45
16	4	51	45
17	4	52	44
18	4	53	43
19	4	53	43
20	4	53	43
21	4	53	43
22	4	53	43
23	3	54	43
24	3	54	43
25	3	54	43
26	3	54	43
27	3	53	44
28	3	53	44