KiribatiGilbert IslandsAtoll

Abaiang

17.5 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

When to go

Flexman · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers

17.5km²

Area

6,020

People

29°C

Warmest sea

August

3,632km

To the mainland

When to go to Abaiang

Best for the beach from January to April and in November.

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

29°28°28°

Jan20

28°28°28°

Feb18

28°28°28°

Mar21

29°28°28°

Apr22

29°28°28°

May21

29°29°28°

Jun22

29°29°28°

Jul22

29°28°28°

Aug18

29°29°28°

Sep16

29°28°28°

Oct16

29°29°28°

Nov15

29°28°28°

Dec18

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

Abaiang is an atoll in Kiribati. It belongs to Gilbert Islands. It covers 17.5 km². About 6,020 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 3,632 km away.

Getting there

Bonriki International Airport (TRW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 55 km in a straight line
3,632 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to April and Novemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

Car hire in KiribatiDiscover CarsSee

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

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	28	28	29	29	28	29	28	29	28
Night low (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sea (°C)	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Rain (mm)	217	166	240	187	123	162	135	119	102	104	109	224
Wet days	20	18	21	22	21	22	22	18	16	16	15	18
Sun h/day	6.7	7.3	6.6	7.1	7.8	7.7	7.7	8.5	8.5	8.6	8.3	6.9
Wind (km/h)	21	22	22	20	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	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	+1.7	+1.6	+1.0	+0.5	−0.1	+0.2	−0.1	−0.7	−0.4	−0.5	−0.8	−1.0
2021	−1.2	−1.2	−0.5	±0.0	+0.1	+0.2	±0.0	±0.0	−0.4	−0.7	−0.9	−0.5
2022	−0.2	+0.1	−0.5	−0.9	−1.3	−0.7	−1.3	−1.1	−1.0	−1.0	−1.3	−0.7
2023	−0.5	−0.5	−0.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+1.0	+1.2	+1.2	+0.9	+0.7
2024	+1.2	+1.1	+0.5	+0.6	+0.8	+0.7	+0.5	+0.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	±0.0
2025	−0.8	−0.9	−0.9	−0.5	−0.4	+0.1	±0.0	−0.1	−0.3	−0.3	−0.6	±0.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Flugplatz Abaiang Gebaeude — Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0

Abaiang - panoramio — Flexman · CC BY-SA 3.0

Kiribati Abaiang Store — Flexmaen · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Tarawa

Kiribati31 km²2 m45 km away

Marakei

Kiribati14 km²3 m40 km away Maiana

Kiribati17 km²3 m102 km away Butaritari

Kiribati13 km²3 m149 km away

Makin

Kiribati6.0 km²3 m171 km away

Abemama

Kiribati27 km²3 m187 km away

Kuria

Kiribati15 km²3 m187 km away

Aranuka

Kiribati13 km²3 m199 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q304887) · 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