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Maewo

303 km² rising to 795 m out of the Coral Sea.

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Maewo seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 2 km

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

In numbers

303km²

Area

167km

Coastline

795m

Highest point

3,569

People

29°C

Warmest sea

March

1,962km

To the mainland

When to go to Maewo

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in March (29 °C) and coolest in August (27 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

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 Vanuatu

Maewo is an island in Vanuatu. It covers 303 km², with 167 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 795 m. About 3,569 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,962 km away.

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Getting there

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Maewo.

  • 5beaches
  • 1viewpoints
  • 1named peaksTaweti

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

Cross-checked with our atlases

Maewo in our other atlases

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

  • 7beaches and covesCoastya
  • 9mountainsPeakyas

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    29.2°C

    Baie Bouangali

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

7 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Baie Tanmasouricove29.2°C
  2. Baie Matagaragaracove29.2°C
  3. Baie Laocove29.2°C
  4. Baie Bouangalicove29.2°C
  5. Baie Romiavocove29.2°C
  6. Baie Oulianacove29.2°C
  7. Baie Batouakacove29.2°C

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9 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Temblaréna
  2. Tawoutkararo
  3. Sanavatari
  4. Réiré
  5. Poutnamotou
  6. Ndouroundourou
  7. Lisiniéri
  8. Laralaramaté

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 254 m above the sea. 48 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 13 %0–50 m
  • 35 %50–200 m
  • 40 %200–500 m
  • 13 %500–1,000 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.

Maewo303 km²
Madeira Island742 km²
Malta247 km²

20 km

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

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)292929282827262627272828
Night low (°C)282828282726252526262627
Sea (°C)292929292828272727272829
Rain (mm)240234246248161142968987148167191
Wet days232225242019161515182022
Sun h/day7.56.97.16.26.25.96.26.67.27.07.37.7
Wind (km/h)181918202326262626242219

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.2+0.4+0.6−0.1+0.5+0.9+0.7+1.1+0.9+0.8+0.8+0.2
2021+0.4+0.4−0.2+0.6+0.4+0.6+0.9+0.4+0.8+1.2+1.0+0.9
2022+1.0+0.1+0.5+0.8+0.7+1.0+1.2+1.5+1.5+1.7+1.6+1.5
2023+0.5+0.7+0.3+0.9+1.2+0.6+0.2−0.1+0.7+0.3+0.3+0.2
2024+0.8+0.8+0.5+0.7+0.5+0.5+0.8+0.4+0.1+0.7+0.9+0.5
2025+1.0+0.4+0.5+1.0+1.0+0.8+0.8+0.9+1.0+0.8+1.2+0.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q1355723) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas — 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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