Honiara
Capital of Solomon Islands: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Honiara is the capital of Solomon Islands. About 56,298 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Solomon Islands in our atlas.
It lies at 9.43° S, 159.95° E, about 49 m (161 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Guadalcanal time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Honiara. Green dots: other major cities of Solomon Islands. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Honiara has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Dec, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 24°C (75°F). Around 2,325 mm (92 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in Solomon IslandsNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2108502 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q40921 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lawson Tama Stadium: David Jones, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Honiara National Museum: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
