TuvaluAtoll

Nui

3.4 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

When to go

In numbers

3.4km²

Area

12m

Highest point

30°C

Warmest sea

November

3,340km

To the mainland

When to go to Nui

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in November (30 °C) and coolest in July (29 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

30°29°28°

Jan24

30°29°28°

Feb23

29°29°28°

Mar25

30°29°28°

Apr23

30°29°28°

May24

29°29°28°

Jun24

29°29°28°

Jul23

29°29°28°

Aug22

29°29°28°

Sep21

30°29°28°

Oct21

30°29°28°

Nov20

30°29°28°

Dec23

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 of Tuvalu

Nui is an atoll in Tuvalu. It covers 3.4 km². Its highest point rises to 12 m. The nearest mainland is 3,340 km away.

Getting there

Funafuti International Airport (FUN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 268 km in a straight line
3,340 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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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 1 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).

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	29	29	29	29	29	29
Night low (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sea (°C)	30	30	29	30	30	29	29	29	29	30	30	30
Rain (mm)	335	313	246	181	151	178	157	179	131	156	190	267
Wet days	24	23	25	23	24	24	23	22	21	21	20	23
Sun h/day	6.4	6.1	6.9	7.4	7.6	7.2	7.5	7.8	8.3	8.3	8.0	6.8
Wind (km/h)	19	20	17	16	15	18	20	19	19	16	16	17

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

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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Tuvalu5.6 km²24 m171 km away

Nanumea

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Fongafale

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q547997) · 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