Climate
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Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Köppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact, during all 12 months of the year, Suva receives substantial precipitation. Like many other cities with a tropical rainforest climate, temperatures are relatively constant throughout the year, with an average high of about 28°C and an average low of about 22°C.
Suva is noted for its considerable rainfall, it has a markedly higher rainfall than Nadi and the western side of Viti Levu, which is known to Suva citizens as "the burning west". The First Governor of Fiji, Sir Arthur Gordon, allegedly remarked that it rained in Suva like he had seen nowhere else before and that there was hardly a day without rain. The most copious rainfall is observed from November to May, while the slightly cooler months from June to October are considerably drier as well.
| Climate data for Suva, Fiji | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35 (95) |
36 (97) |
37 (99) |
34 (93) |
34 (93) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
34 (93) |
34 (93) |
36 (97) |
37 (99) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
16 (61) |
16 (61) |
14 (57) |
13 (55) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
13 (55) |
17 (63) |
13 (55) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 290 (11.42) |
272 (10.71) |
368 (14.49) |
310 (12.2) |
257 (10.12) |
170 (6.69) |
125 (4.92) |
211 (8.31) |
196 (7.72) |
211 (8.31) |
249 (9.8) |
318 (12.52) |
2,977 (117.2) |
| Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT004930 | |||||||||||||
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