Cook IslandsAtoll

Suwarrow

150 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

When to go

Suwarrow at de.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers

150km²

Area

29°C

Warmest sea

April

4,940km

To the mainland

When to go to Suwarrow

Best for the beach in January and from June to September.

The sea is warmest in April (29 °C) and coolest in August (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

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Jan24

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Feb23

29°28°28°

Mar22

29°29°28°

Apr21

29°28°28°

May18

29°28°28°

Jun14

28°28°27°

Jul14

28°27°27°

Aug13

28°28°27°

Sep14

28°28°27°

Oct20

29°28°28°

Nov21

29°28°28°

Dec23

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Atoll in the Cook Islands

Suwarrow is an atoll in Cook Islands. It covers 150 km². The nearest mainland is 4,940 km away.

Getting there

4,940 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
January and from June to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 1 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28
Night low (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28
Sea (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29
Rain (mm)	263	249	158	135	114	74	90	58	82	127	158	234
Wet days	24	23	22	21	18	14	14	13	14	20	21	23
Sun h/day	6.9	7.2	7.8	7.8	7.5	7.5	7.7	8.3	8.7	8.4	8.1	7.4
Wind (km/h)	20	21	18	17	20	24	25	25	25	23	19	19

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	−0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	+0.7	+0.3	+0.8	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	±0.0
2021	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.3	±0.0	+0.2	±0.0
2022	−0.2	−0.5	−0.4	−0.3	−0.1	−0.1	−0.3	−0.4	−0.5	−0.4	+0.1	−0.1
2023	−0.2	+0.2	+0.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.7	+0.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.5
2024	+1.1	+0.5	+1.1	+1.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3
2025	+0.4	+0.8	+0.7	+0.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.8	+0.8	+0.8	+0.4	±0.0	+0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

NE Panorama Suwarrow — Magy357 · CC BY-SA 3.0

SocietyHutSuwarrow — Magy357 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Manihiki

Cook Islands4.0 km²4 m388 km away

Pukapuka

Cook Islands5.0 km²11 m397 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q180547) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons