Wallis and Futuna · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Mata-Utu.

August leads for comfortable weather in Mata-Utu: typically 29.6°C by day, 24.6°C at night, with 157 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortAugust

Typical high29.6°C

Typical low24.6°C

Rain in August157 mm

Comfort

August

August · July · September

37climate match

Beach

August

August · July · September

55climate match

Outdoors

August

August · January · February

11climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 37 — 368 mm of rain falls.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

530.8° / 24.9°

Feb

730.9° / 25°

Mar

1430.9° / 24.9°

Apr

1130.9° / 25°

May

2530.4° / 24.9°

Jun

3129.9° / 25°

Jul

3229.5° / 24.6°

Aug

3729.6° / 24.6°

Sep

3230° / 24.7°

Oct

1630.2° / 24.7°

Nov

930.6° / 24.8°

Dec

730.8° / 25°

Monthly climate evidence for Mata-Utu — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 12 km away
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Sea	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	30.8°C	24.9°C	368 mm	19.2	29.2°C	12 h 50	5	Strong coverage
February	30.9°C	25°C	315 mm	17.8	29.2°C	12 h 33	7	Strong coverage
March	30.9°C	24.9°C	262 mm	18.3	29.3°C	12 h 12	14	Strong coverage
April	30.9°C	25°C	285 mm	17.5	29.3°C	11 h 49	11	Strong coverage
May	30.4°C	24.9°C	207 mm	16	29.1°C	11 h 31	25	Strong coverage
June	29.9°C	25°C	184 mm	15.1	28.6°C	11 h 21	31	Strong coverage
July	29.5°C	24.6°C	193 mm	14.9	28.1°C	11 h 25	32	Strong coverage
August	29.6°C	24.6°C	157 mm	14.6	28.0°C	11 h 40	37	Strong coverage
September	30°C	24.7°C	183 mm	14.8	28.0°C	12 h 02	32	Strong coverage
October	30.2°C	24.7°C	273 mm	17.7	28.4°C	12 h 25	16	Strong coverage
November	30.6°C	24.8°C	315 mm	16.8	28.9°C	12 h 45	9	Strong coverage
December	30.8°C	25°C	313 mm	18.4	29.2°C	12 h 54	7	Strong coverage

What has changed

Mata-Utu runs +0.9°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.

Jan

+0.8

Feb

+0.6

Mar

+1.0

Apr

+1.0

May

+1.1

Jun

+0.9

Jul

+0.9

Aug

+0.8

Sep

+1.0

Oct

+1.0

Nov

+1.0

Dec

+0.9

August daytime highs, 2011–2024. Last recorded: 29.4°C.

Records at HIHIFO (ILE WALLIS), 1971–2024
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	33.1°C30 Jan 2024	19.9°C5 Jan 1987	191 mm12 Jan 1996	784 mm2011 · driest 0 mm in 1980	54
February	33.0°C21 Feb 1997	20.5°C10 Feb 1972	215 mm9 Feb 2018	751 mm2006 · driest 0 mm in 1981	54
March	33.1°C14 Mar 2024	19.6°C22 Mar 1992	155 mm25 Mar 1983	568 mm1996 · driest 0 mm in 1981	54
April	33.4°C29 Apr 2004	19.3°C30 Apr 1974	199 mm30 Apr 2020	609 mm2016 · driest 0 mm in 1979	54
May	32.8°C11 May 2002	18.5°C29 May 2008	164 mm12 May 2017	559 mm2017 · driest 0 mm in 1978	54
June	32.1°C11 Jun 2019	19.7°C2 Jun 1987	159 mm12 Jun 1997	395 mm2020 · driest 0 mm in 1974	54
July	31.4°C5 Jul 2007	18.0°C13 Jul 2014	321 mm23 Jul 1990	476 mm2008 · driest 0 mm in 1974	54
August	31.5°C20 Aug 1990	18.4°C26 Aug 2003	125 mm6 Aug 2019	500 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1978	54
September	32.0°C27 Sep 2004	19.2°C10 Sep 1977	141 mm16 Sep 1985	421 mm1985 · driest 0 mm in 1977	54
October	31.9°C17 Oct 2010	19.5°C1 Oct 1971	167 mm31 Oct 2010	499 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1974	54
November	33.1°C19 Nov 2005	20.5°C12 Nov 1973	250 mm25 Nov 1982	813 mm1982 · driest 0 mm in 1980	54
December	33.0°C27 Dec 2023	19.5°C15 Dec 1982	346 mm11 Dec 1983	865 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 1979	54

Typical days per month at HIHIFO (ILE WALLIS), 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	29	24	9
February	27	23	7
March	29	25	7
April	28	25	6
May	29	22	5
June	29	16	4
July	29	11	4
August	30	13	4
September	29	17	5
October	29	21	6
November	28	23	6
December	28	25	8

The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was August (scoring 63); on 2011–2025 it is September (45). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.

How often, not how much — every day in HIHIFO (ILE WALLIS)’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	40%	62%	30%	91%	29.9–31.4°C
February	39%	61%	25%	92%	29.8–31.4°C
March	44%	57%	23%	86%	29.8–31.4°C
April	43%	58%	23%	87%	29.9–31.4°C
May	49%	52%	17%	82%	29.4–31.1°C
June	54%	47%	15%	73%	29.0–30.4°C
July	56%	46%	15%	77%	28.5–30.1°C
August	59%	43%	12%	64%	28.7–30.1°C
September	56%	45%	15%	70%	29.1–30.4°C
October	48%	53%	21%	85%	29.1–30.7°C
November	48%	53%	23%	85%	29.5–30.9°C
December	44%	57%	27%	86%	29.9–31.3°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1971Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 50-year average. Warmest: 2024. Coolest: 1976.2024

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 4034821
NOAA station: WF000917530 · HIHIFO (ILE WALLIS)
Station distance: 5.5 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 26 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude -13.28°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 12 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from HIHIFO (ILE WALLIS) is what differs

Alele→Falaleu→Utufua→Liku→Halalo→Mala'e→

Or put two places side by side: Mata-Utu vs Alele

Best time to visitMata-Utu.

August

August

August

The whole year,without the guesswork.

Mata-Utu runs +0.9°Con the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
Mata-Utu.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Mata-Utu runs +0.9°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,
and named.