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Rennell Island

815 km² of land in the Coral Sea.

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Rennell Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 10 km

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

In numbers

815km²

Area

231km

Coastline

188m

Highest point

2,013

People

30°C

Warmest sea

January

1,562km

To the mainland

When to go to Rennell Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in January (30 °C) and coolest in August (28 °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.

Main island of two inhabited islands that make up the Rennell and Bellona Province of the Solomon Islands

Rennell Island is an island in Solomon Islands. It covers 815 km², with 231 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 188 m. About 2,013 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,562 km away.

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Getting there

  • Honiara International Airport (HIR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 249 km in a straight line
  • 1,562 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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Rennell Island in our other atlases

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

  • 1lakeLakeyas

  • Largest lake

    155km²

    Lake Tungano

    according to Lakeyas

1 lakes

on Lakeyas, the lake atlas

  1. Lake Tungano155km²

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 54 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 53 %0–50 m
  • 47 %50–200 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.

Rennell Island815 km²
Madeira Island742 km²
Tenerife2,038 km²

50 km

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

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)292929292828272728282829
Night low (°C)282828282827272727272828
Sea (°C)302929292928282828282829
Rain (mm)256247235223192183160131154174176172
Wet days252325252524232222242423
Sun h/day6.86.76.96.56.05.25.26.26.16.87.17.5
Wind (km/h)181817182226302828242017

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+0.4+0.1+0.7+0.3+0.3+0.6+0.7+1.2+1.0+0.6+0.7+0.5
2021+0.8+0.5+0.1+0.2+0.4+0.6+0.8+0.7+0.8+1.3+1.1+1.1
2022+0.5+0.3+0.7+0.9+1.4+1.7+1.4+1.5+1.4+1.6+2.0+1.5
2023+0.2+0.4+0.5+1.0+1.2+0.9+0.9+0.6+0.7+0.5+0.2±0.0
2024+0.5+0.3+0.4+0.8+0.3+0.8+0.7+0.8+0.4+0.8+0.8+0.8
2025+1.0+0.5+0.6+0.9+0.9+0.9+1.2+1.1+0.9+1.0+1.2+0.9

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Farmingplotrennell
Phenss · Public domain
Internetcaferennellisland2
Phenss ( talk ) · Public domain
Laketeganorennellhouse
en:User:Phenss · Public domain
Internetcaferennellisland
Phenss ( talk ) · Public domain

Nearby

More islands nearby.

East RennellSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands815 km²188 m18 km awayBellona IslandSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands17 km²21 m57 km awayGuadalcanalSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands5,302 km²2,335 m231 km awayMakiraSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands3,190 km²1,250 m220 km awayMalaitaSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands4,307 km²1,435 m310 km awaySavo IslandSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands30 km²485 m284 km awayTulagiSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands2.1 km²88 m285 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q59580) · 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 waterfallsLakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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