KiribatiGilbert IslandsCoral island

Maiana

16.7 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

When to go

Photo taken by Government of Kiribati employee in the course of their work · CC BY 3.0

In numbers

16.7km²

Area

Highest point

2,345

People

29°C

Warmest sea

August

3,569km

To the mainland

When to go to Maiana

Best for the beach from January to February and from September to 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).

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Jan18

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Feb17

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Mar19

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Apr20

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May18

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Jun18

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Jul19

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Aug16

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Sep14

29°28°28°

Oct14

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Nov14

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Dec17

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 of Kiribati

Maiana is an coral island in Kiribati. It belongs to Gilbert Islands. It covers 16.7 km². Its highest point rises to 3 m. About 2,345 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 3,569 km away.

Getting there

Bonriki International Airport (TRW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight line
3,569 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to February and from September to Novemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

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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	28	28	28	28	28	28	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)	204	154	202	158	88	114	109	97	85	87	87	191
Wet days	18	17	19	20	18	18	19	16	14	14	14	17
Sun h/day	7.2	7.6	7.1	7.7	8.5	8.5	8.4	8.8	9.0	9.1	8.7	7.4
Wind (km/h)	20	21	20	18	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	18

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	+1.7	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	−0.2	−0.8	−0.4	−0.5	−0.8	−1.1
2021	−1.3	−1.1	−0.6	−0.1	+0.1	+0.1	±0.0	−0.1	−0.5	−0.7	−1.0	−0.7
2022	−0.1	+0.1	−0.6	−1.1	−1.4	−1.0	−1.3	−1.2	−1.1	−0.9	−1.2	−0.7
2023	−0.6	−0.6	−0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.7	+0.8	+1.0	+1.3	+1.5	+1.0	+0.8
2024	+1.4	+1.2	+0.5	+0.8	+0.8	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	±0.0	−0.2
2025	−1.0	−0.9	−1.0	−0.6	−0.4	±0.0	±0.0	−0.2	−0.4	−0.3	−0.6	±0.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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Kiribati31 km²2 m57 km away

Kuria

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Abemama

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Aranuka

Kiribati13 km²3 m109 km away

Marakei

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q909742) · 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