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Satellite view of Mele Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Mele Beach

VanuatuVanuatu · Pacific Ocean

-17.6918, 168.2666 · Port-Vila, 7 km

  • 29°Sea · March
  • 28°High · February
  • 8.2 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Mele Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Mele Beach in October

  • 26°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 26°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month94 mm in total
  • 25 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 13Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 6 kmAirport: Bauerfield International Airport (VLI)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 27.0 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 25.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaFebruary and March29 °C
Most sunshineNovember and December8 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September58 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°8 h197 mm
  2. Feb29°8 h174 mm
  3. Mar29°7 h232 mm
  4. Apr28°6 h204 mm
  5. May27°6 h110 mm
  6. Jun26°6 h98 mm
  7. Jul26°6 h69 mm
  8. Aug26°6 h61 mm
  9. Sep26°7 h58 mm
  10. Oct26°7 h94 mm
  11. Nov27°8 h110 mm
  12. Dec28°8 h139 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 28°May: 27°Jun: 26°Jul: 26°Aug: 26°Sep: 26°Oct: 26°Nov: 27°Dec: 28°26°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Feb: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Mar: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Apr: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)May: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Jun: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Jul: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Aug: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Sep: 25 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Oct: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Nov: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Dec: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)28°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 197 mmFeb: 174 mmMar: 232 mm232Apr: 204 mmMay: 110 mmJun: 98 mmJul: 69 mmAug: 61 mmSep: 58 mm58Oct: 94 mmNov: 110 mmDec: 139 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.9 hFeb: 7.6 hMar: 7.1 hApr: 6.3 hMay: 6.0 hJun: 5.5 h5.5Jul: 5.8 hAug: 6.2 hSep: 7.3 hOct: 7.4 hNov: 8.1 hDec: 8.2 h8.2

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Mele Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Mele Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282728197207.920
February282829174207.621
Marchwarmest sea282829232237.120
April282728204216.323
May272627110166.024
June26252698165.527
July25242669125.826
August25242661136.225
September25242658117.325
October26252694147.425
November272627110168.124
December282728139188.222

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Mele Beach: Mele Bay - panoramio
Photo: Jean Van Jean · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Mele Beach: MELE BAY - The Beaches - panoramio
Photo: Jean Van Jean · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202014 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

More about this place: Wikipedia See every data source →