Lautoka
City in Fiji: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Main road lautoka: Warpath, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lautoka is a city in Fiji, in Western. About 52,500 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Fiji in our atlas.
It lies at 17.62° S, 177.45° E, about 47 m (154 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Fiji time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Lautoka. Green dots: other major cities of Fiji. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lautoka has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 22°C (72°F). Around 1,887 mm (74 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2204506 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q856662 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Main road lautoka: Warpath, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)