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HAWAII BIG
ISLAND &
KILAUEA VOLCANO
Best Time to Go & Visit & Travel to Hawaii Big Island
and Kilauea Volcano
The Big Island of Hawaii doesn't have the glamour of other
Hawaiian islands, but it holds one of the world’s great marvels:
the Kilauea volcano (and the Mauna Loa volcano).
The Kilauea volcano is the world’s most active volcano and forms
with its immediate involving a true compelling spectacle of
eruptions, craters, cinder cones and rainforest. The immediate
sulphurous haze around it contrasts with the world’s clearest
air on the summits of Mauna Loa, with its international
astronomical observatories.
The Big Island is an interesting option for those who want to
enjoy the Hawaiian beaches and to visit some old unchanged
Hawaiian towns (the Big Island has a low level of tourism,
compared to Oahu and Maui Islands).
See also:
What to
visit in Hawaii
Map of Hawaii
BEST TIME TO VISIT THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII
The Big Island has constant temperatures around
70ºF-85ºF (21-29ºC).
Rainfalls are heaviest from December to March, and strike
intensely some parts of the island. Avoid these months can be a
good option, though the rain falls mostly at night.
For details, see the
Kona and Hilo weather
table below:
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Hawaii - The Big Island (Kona and Hilo) |
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Temperature Fahr (Kona) |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
80 |
80 |
80 |
80 |
82 |
84 |
84 |
85 |
86 |
85 |
83 |
82 |
82,6 |
|
Low (average) |
66 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
69 |
68 |
65 |
67,8 |
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Average |
73 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
75 |
77 |
77 |
78 |
78 |
77 |
76 |
74 |
75,2 |
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Temperature Cels. (Kona) |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
27 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
29 |
29 |
30 |
29 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
|
Low (average) |
19 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
20 |
18 |
20 |
|
Average |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
26 |
25 |
24 |
23 |
24 |
|
Humidity |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Humidity and discomfort |
High humidity |
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|
Precipitation (Kona) |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Number of wet days |
10 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
90 |
|
Precipitation Inches |
3 |
1,7 |
2 |
1,6 |
2,3 |
2,3 |
2,3 |
2,5 |
2,4 |
1,7 |
1,7 |
1,7 |
25,2 |
|
Precipitation mm |
76 |
43 |
51 |
41 |
58 |
58 |
58 |
64 |
61 |
43 |
43 |
43 |
53 |
|
Precipitation (Hilo) |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Number of wet days |
17 |
17 |
22 |
25 |
26 |
24 |
27 |
26 |
23 |
24 |
23 |
22 |
276 |
|
Precipitation Inches |
10 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
10 |
6 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
15 |
13 |
10,8 |
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Precipitation mm |
254 |
305 |
330 |
356 |
254 |
152 |
254 |
229 |
203 |
254 |
381 |
330 |
275 |
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Red: Too
cold, too hot, too humid, too little sun, too rain or
too snow |
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