Solomon IslandsVolcanic island

Vangunu

515 km² rising to 1,056 m out of the Solomon Sea.

N 5 km

Airports

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

In numbers

515km²

Area

229km

Coastline

1,056m

Highest point

30°C

Warmest sea

January

1,539km

To the mainland

When to go to Vangunu

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).

30°29°28°

Jan27

30°29°28°

Feb26

30°29°28°

Mar28

30°29°28°

Apr26

30°29°28°

May27

29°29°28°

Jun26

28°28°27°

Jul28

28°28°27°

Aug26

28°28°27°

Sep24

29°28°28°

Oct26

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 in the Solomon Islands

Vangunu is an volcanic island in Solomon Islands. It covers 515 km², with 229 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1,056 m. The nearest mainland is 1,539 km away.

Getting there

Munda Airport (MUA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 88 km in a straight line
FerriesHoniara - Batuna - Seghe - Noro - Gizo
1,539 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Maybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Vangunu, each with its own numbers.

2beaches and covesCoastya

Beach with the warmest sea
29.9°C
Mbatuna Cove
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

2 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Vorusu Inletcove29.9°C
Mbatuna Covecove29.9°C

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 183 m above the sea. 63 % of it is below 200 m.

27 %0–50 m
36 %50–200 m
30 %200–500 m
7 %500–1,000 m
<1 %1,000–2,000 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.

Vangunu515 km²

Madeira Island742 km²

Tenerife2,038 km²

20 km

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

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	28	28	28	28	29	29
Night low (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28
Sea (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	29	29	30
Rain (mm)	282	307	284	219	212	224	249	203	207	213	198	214
Wet days	27	26	28	26	27	26	28	26	24	26	25	26
Sun h/day	6.2	5.9	6.4	6.5	6.4	5.8	5.4	6.0	6.8	7.0	7.0	6.9
Wind (km/h)	16	17	15	14	16	20	24	24	21	18	15	14

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	−0.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.5	+0.9	+1.2	+1.3	+1.0	+1.1	+0.7	+0.7
2021	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.7	+0.9	+1.0	+1.2	+0.9	+0.5
2022	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.6	+1.0	+1.3	+1.2	+1.6	+1.6	+1.5	+1.2	+0.9
2023	+0.4	+0.7	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+0.8	+0.6	±0.0	+0.2	−0.1	−0.1	−0.4
2024	+0.5	−0.1	+0.4	+0.7	+0.6	+0.9	+1.0	+0.7	+0.5	+0.9	+0.9	+0.8
2025	+1.2	+1.1	+0.9	+0.6	+0.8	+0.8	+1.2	+1.5	+1.4	+1.2	+1.1	+0.7

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

New Georgia

Solomon Islands2,064 km²860 m70 km away

Santa Isabel Island

Solomon Islands3,665 km²1,115 m132 km away

Kolombangara

Solomon Islands690 km²1,768 m127 km away

Vella Lavella

Solomon Islands651 km²808 m181 km away

Choiseul Island

Solomon Islands3,119 km²891 m214 km away

Savo Island

Solomon Islands30 km²485 m207 km away

Guadalcanal

Solomon Islands5,302 km²2,335 m267 km away

Tulagi

Solomon Islands2.1 km²88 m242 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q1200270) · 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
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Coastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

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

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