Solomon IslandsVolcanic island

Tulagi

2.1 km² of land in the Solomon Sea.

When to go

Tulagi

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Beaches

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

2.1km²

Area

10km

Coastline

88m

Highest point

1,251

People

30°C

Warmest sea

January

1,751km

To the mainland

When to go to Tulagi

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in January (30 °C) and coolest in August (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

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Jan27

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Feb26

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Mar27

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Apr26

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May27

29°29°28°

Jun26

29°29°27°

Jul26

28°29°27°

Aug25

28°29°27°

Sep24

29°29°28°

Oct25

29°29°28°

Nov25

30°29°28°

Dec26

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.

Island

Tulagi is an volcanic island in Solomon Islands. It covers 2.1 km², with 10 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 88 m. About 1,251 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,751 km away.

Getting there

Honiara International Airport (HIR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight line
FerriesHoniara - Tulagi, Auki - Tulagi
1,751 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Maybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

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On the island

What you find on Tulagi.

1beachesBlue Beach

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 27 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

85 %0–50 m
15 %50–200 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).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Tulagi2 km²

Capri10 km²

2 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

Tulagi1,750 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Night low (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28
Sea (°C)	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	30
Rain (mm)	284	282	271	215	201	187	195	167	169	192	194	218
Wet days	27	26	27	26	27	26	26	25	24	25	25	26
Sun h/day	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.3	6.2	5.5	5.0	5.6	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.5
Wind (km/h)	16	18	15	14	16	20	24	23	21	18	15	13

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	±0.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+1.2	+1.2	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7	+0.4
2021	+0.7	+0.3	+0.3	±0.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.7	+0.7	+0.9	+1.2	+0.7	+0.4
2022	+0.1	+0.3	+0.6	+0.5	+0.9	+0.9	+0.8	+1.1	+1.0	+1.1	+1.0	+0.8
2023	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.7	+0.8	+0.9	+0.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	±0.0	−0.3
2024	+0.6	−0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.6	+0.9	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6
2025	+1.0	+0.8	+0.8	+0.4	+0.8	+0.7	+0.8	+1.1	+1.0	+0.7	+0.7	+0.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Rainbow over Tulagi Island — mjwinoz · CC BY 2.0

Tulagi, Solomon Islands. June 1995 — Scott Zona from USA · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Guadalcanal

Solomon Islands5,302 km²2,335 m55 km away

Savo Island

Solomon Islands30 km²485 m37 km away

Malaita

Solomon Islands4,307 km²1,435 m94 km away

Santa Isabel Island

Solomon Islands3,665 km²1,115 m175 km away

Makira

Solomon Islands3,190 km²1,250 m244 km away

Vangunu

Solomon Islands515 km²1,056 m242 km away

Bellona Island

Solomon Islands17 km²21 m247 km away

East Rennell

Solomon Islands815 km²188 m288 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q864870) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
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

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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