🇰🇮 Kiribati · capital
South Tarawa
South Tarawa is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population. The South Tarawa population centre consists of all the small islets from Betio in the west to Bonriki and Tanaea in the north-east, connected by the South Tarawa main road, with an approximate population of 73,073 as of 2026.
- Country
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 40,311
- Time zone
- Pacific/Tarawa
- Coordinates
- 1.33, 172.98
Weather in South Tarawa month by month
The best months to go: Sep · Oct · Nov
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° |
| rain | 212 mm | 155 mm | 219 mm | 171 mm | 103 mm | 136 mm | 119 mm | 107 mm | 92 mm | 95 mm | 95 mm | 208 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
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