Geography and Climate
Honiara is located on the northwestern coast of the island of Guadalcanal and includes a sea port at Point Cruz. The Matanikau River flows through the town, past Chinatown, badly affected by the 2006 riot. The town revolves around the Kukum Highway, which connects it with the Honiara International Airport (former known as Henderson Field) about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to the east of Honiara across the Lunga River. To the west of the town centre is the suburbs of White River and Tanaghai.
The climate is tropical, the average daytime temperature is about 28 °C (82 °F), the water temperatures between 26 °C (79 °F) and 29 °C (84 °F). Damper periods are predominantly between November and April. The average amount of precipitation per year is about 2,000 millimetres (79 in) and thus somewhat lower than the average on the entire Solomon Islands (3,000 millimetres (120 in)). However, Honiara is subject to monsoons.
| Climate data for Honiara | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31 (87) |
31 (87) |
30 (86) |
31 (87) |
31 (87) |
31 (87) |
30 (86) |
31 (87) |
31 (87) |
31 (87) |
31 (87) |
31 (87) |
30.5 (86.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 274 (10.8) |
282 (11.1) |
358 (14.1) |
231 (9.1) |
130 (5.1) |
99 (3.9) |
99 (3.9) |
91 (3.6) |
94 (3.7) |
150 (5.9) |
137 (5.4) |
226 (8.9) |
2,172 (85.5) |
| Source: Weatherbase | |||||||||||||
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