Bora Bora Airport

NTTB · French Polynesia

Climate Bora Bora Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rarotonga International Airport (NCRG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.7 64 82 60 90 66
February 81.1 76 87 78 81 62
March 83.2 83 76 83 80 79
April 88.1 90 92 89 85
May 81.7 70 80 81 83
June 87.4 86 90 88 96
July 85.6 80 94 84 75
August 81.2 79 79 82 80
September 80.6 87 76 81 72
October 76.1 79 61 94 63
November 79.7 72 84 87 69
December 76.9 60 57 82 89
Average 80.8 73.9 78.5 77.9 84.9 76.3

1st best VFR conditions of Cook Islands

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.3 96 100 91 100 94
February 97.2 96 100 100 95 89
March 98.3 100 98 98 100 96
April 98.7 100 99 99 98
May 97.8 96 94 99 97
June 99.2 98 100 100 99
July 98.9 96 100 100 99
August 95.5 98 85 97 94
September 99.2 100 100 100 97
October 97.7 96 98 100 98
November 95.9 86 100 99 92
December 98.8 100 97 100 99
Average 97.8 97.1 97.0 96.7 98.9 95.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 29.1 29 28 28 30 28
February 29.2 29 30 29 29 29
March 29.7 30 29 29 29 30
April 28.5 28 29 29 29
May 27.5 27 29 27 28
June 26.3 26 27 26 25
July 25.6 26 25 27 25
August 25.2 25 25 25 25
September 25.9 25 26 26 26
October 25.9 26 26 26 26
November 26.8 26 26 27 27
December 28.0 28 27 28 29
Average 27.5 29.3 26.8 27.3 27.5 27.1

4th highest temperature of Cook Islands

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.3 25 23 24 25 25
February 24.0 25 25 24 24 25
March 24.2 25 24 24 25 24
April 23.4 22 24 24 24
May 22.1 22 21 23 23
June 21.1 20 22 21 21
July 20.8 22 21 22 21
August 20.3 21 21 20 20
September 21.1 21 22 21 22
October 20.5 21 22 21 21
November 21.4 22 19 22 23
December 22.9 23 23 24 24
Average 22.5 24.7 22.1 22.3 22.6 22.6

7th lowest temperature of Cook Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.6 9 17 17 6 19
February 12.9 10 3 11 18 22
March 10.0 3 14 9 6 16
April 10.2 8 9 6 6
May 10.6 14 8 12 9
June 6.8 11 4 10 4
July 7.9 10 7 6 12
August 9.3 4 9 16 7
September 5.7 8 2 7 6
October 11.2 8 10 7 11
November 9.4 3 2 3 11
December 11.6 2 19 13 9
Average 9.7 7.4 8.5 8.6 9.0 11.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 10 7 10 10 9
February 7.8 8 7 10 7 7
March 6.9 8 7 7 8 6
April 7.6 7 7 8 7
May 8.2 9 6 8 8
June 7.9 6 10 9 8
July 8.4 7 9 8 8
August 8.4 7 10 8 9
September 9.0 10 10 9 9
October 9.2 8 12 8 9
November 8.9 12 10 9 8
December 8.7 11 9 8 7
Average 8.3 8.6 8.3 9.1 8.3 7.8

4th highest wind speed of Cook Islands

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 085° 050° 065° 063° 057°
February 084° 064° 062° 341° 046°
March 066° 012° 030° 074° 022°
April 107° 073° 065° 053°
May 091° 040° 089° 067°
June 074° 080° 101° 096°
July 074° 094° 068° 089°
August 087° 083° 081° 081°
September 093° 079° 080° 080°
October 098° 077° 106° 093°
November 088° 091° 083° 090°
December 087° 062° 071° 065°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.