Best time to visit Bora Bora

French Polynesia · Oceania

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Bora Bora

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Beach and sea Apr–Oct · fair Feb–Mar, Nov–Dec

Go in May, Jun, Jul, Sep or Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 26C max, 4 rainy days. Nov is the next best.

Dry season: Jun–Sep, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.

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Month by month

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Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	28°	16d	80%	10.1h	avoid	monsoon: 16 rainy days, 313mm
Feb	28°	11d	79%	10.5h	good	28C max, 11 rainy days
Mar	28°	11d	78%	10.7h	ok	28C max, 11 rainy days
Apr	28°	10d	79%	10.6h	good	28C max, 10 rainy days
May	28°	6d	78%	10.3h	sweet spot	28C max, 6 rainy days
Jun	27°	5d	77%	9.8h	sweet spot	27C max, 5 rainy days
Jul	26°	4d	77%	10.2h	sweet spot	26C max, 4 rainy days
Aug	26°	3d	76%	10.5h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Sep	26°	4d	77%	11.0h	sweet spot	26C max, 4 rainy days
Oct	26°	7d	78%	11.0h	sweet spot	26C max, 7 rainy days
Nov	27°	11d	80%	10.9h	good	27C max, 11 rainy days
Dec	27°	15d	80%	10.2h	avoid	monsoon: 15 rainy days, 267mm

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at Vaitape, 7 km from the airport (BOB): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in January and August; quietest in June and December.

Then and now

Bora Bora's May days now average 27.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	27.1°	27.3°	27.4°	27.4°	26.9°	26.2°	25.6°	25.3°	25.6°	25.9°	26.2°	26.6°
2017–26	27.6°	27.8°	28.1°	28.0°	27.7°	26.9°	26.3°	26.0°	25.9°	26.3°	26.8°	27.3°
Change	+0.5°	+0.6°	+0.7°	+0.6°	+0.8°	+0.8°	+0.7°	+0.7°	+0.4°	+0.4°	+0.6°	+0.7°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Papeete (PPT), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Papeete.

Papeete (PPT)	the drive is not measured yet
Motu Mute (BOB)	the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Bora Bora is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Drives on the right. The currency is the Cfp franc. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for French Polynesia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Pay in Pacific francs (XPF, written F locally). On Tahiti, Visa and Mastercard are taken in most hotels, restaurants, shops and supermarkets, but small shops and markets want cash; there are cash machines throughout the island.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Not expected in hotels and restaurants, where a service charge has been included in the price since 2007, though a tip will not be refused.

Getting around Bora Bora

Apps — Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps.

Vaitape is the arrival point of the ferry from the airport, and is the only town of any size of the island. At the southern tip of the main island, Matira has the largest beach, and several hotels and restaurants. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Bora Bora, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — police 17 · ambulance 15 · fire 18. From a landline, an ambulance can also be called on 4048 5906.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Bora Bora in pictures

Bora Bora French Polynesia panoramio (4) — i

Michelle Maria, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bora Bora French Polynesia panoramio (8) — i

Michelle Maria, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bora Bora (16542797633) — i

The TerraMar Project, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Matira Beach, Bora Bora, French Polynesia — i

The original uploader was Sba2 at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

What Bora Bora is like

Bora Bora is a volcanic island in the Society Islands archipelago of French Polynesia. The Polynesian island in the South Pacific is ranked at the top of the list when it comes to most remarkably beautiful in the world. The best time to visit is May. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: The island of Bora Bora is a volcanic caldera. This geography has produced a lagoon, well protected from waters by the surrounding motus (islets). More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: There are comparatively more activities in Bora Bora to keep you occupied than in other islands of French Polynesia. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Take an international flight to Tahiti, and then a less than an hour flight to Bora Bora. Air Tahiti flies several times a day from Tahiti. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Bora Bora, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Bora Bora

Also in French Polynesia

Tahiti best May, Jun, Oct

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Kind of place

Bora Bora is in French Polynesia, Oceania. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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