TuvaluCoral island

Niulakita

0.42 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

N 0.1 km

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

In numbers

0.42km²

Area

2km

Coastline

measured on a simplified outline

Highest point

People

30°C

Warmest sea

December

3,321km

To the mainland

When to go to Niulakita

Best for the beach from January to May.

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

30°29°28°

Jan26

29°29°28°

Feb24

30°29°28°

Mar25

30°29°28°

Apr23

29°29°28°

May23

29°29°28°

Jun22

29°28°28°

Jul22

28°28°28°

Aug22

29°28°28°

Sep22

29°28°28°

Oct24

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.

Reef island of Tuvalu

Niulakita is an coral island in Tuvalu. It covers 0.42 km², with 2 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 5 m. About 27 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 3,321 km away.

Getting there

Funafuti International Airport (FUN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 252 km in a straight line
3,321 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Maybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 0 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 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.

Niulakita0 km²

Alcatraz Island0 km²

0.2 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	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sea (°C)	30	29	30	30	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	30
Rain (mm)	327	300	228	196	176	165	152	132	127	189	250	289
Wet days	26	24	25	23	23	22	22	22	22	24	25	26
Sun h/day	6.2	6.1	7.0	7.3	7.0	6.8	7.0	7.4	8.0	7.7	6.8	6.6
Wind (km/h)	19	19	16	17	18	24	25	24	24	20	18	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	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.8	+0.9	+0.8	+0.9	+0.8	+0.6	+0.7	+0.4	±0.0
2021	+0.1	±0.0	±0.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	±0.0
2022	−0.2	−0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	−0.1	±0.0	+0.1	+0.2
2023	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.7	+1.0	+0.8	+1.0	+0.5	+0.4	+0.7	+0.8
2024	+1.2	+0.4	+1.2	+1.3	+1.1	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2
2025	+0.4	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.5

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Funafuti

Tuvalu2.4 km²255 km away

Fongafale

Tuvalu1.9 km²9 m252 km away

Rotuma Island

Fiji44 km²246 m327 km away

Vaitupu

Tuvalu5.6 km²24 m378 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q632489) · 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