Living in Vanuatu
What it costs, how you get off the island, what the weather does and what is actually here — from published data rather than from anybody's brochure. 870 properties are on the market as we write this.
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What it costs
Half the homes for sale in Vanuatu are asking more than VT 48,000,000 — about £305k — and half less. That is 24% below the middle of the 31 islands on this site. Renting, the middle of the market is VT 275,632 a month (£2k).
Cheaper, if the number above is the problem: Faroe Islands (£298k), Grenada (£241k), Belize (£188k), Bahrain (£180k). Search every island by budget.
Costs about the same: Faroe Islands, St Kitts & Nevis, Bahamas — worth a look if you have not fixed on a place.
Getting off the island
Getting there
Within an hour's flight
The weather, month by month
Climate · Port-Vila
Station: PORT VILA BAUERFIELD · 4.2 km from the representative point.
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Typical daytime temperature
1991–2020 station normals · Average daily high (°C)
Representative-station climate context, not today’s weather or a property-level hazard assessment. Missing monthly values are not estimated.
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| Period or area | Average daily high (°C) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 31 |
| Feb | 31 |
| Mar | 31 |
| Apr | 30 |
| May | 29 |
| Jun | 27 |
| Jul | 27 |
| Aug | 27 |
| Sep | 28 |
| Oct | 29 |
| Nov | 30 |
| Dec | 31 |
Rainfall through the year
1991–2020 station normals · Mean monthly precipitation (mm)
Representative-station climate context, not today’s weather or a property-level hazard assessment. Missing monthly values are not estimated.
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| Period or area | Mean monthly precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 312 |
| Feb | 291 |
| Mar | 368 |
| Apr | 264 |
| May | 241 |
| Jun | 195 |
| Jul | 86 |
| Aug | 105 |
| Sep | 114 |
| Oct | 126 |
| Nov | 148 |
| Dec | 221 |
12 months of the year are above 20°C in the day. Recorded averages from the nearest long-running weather station, not a forecast.
What is actually here
What's on in Vanuatu
10/01Port Vila RodeoPort Vila · Efate10/01Wala Island Canoe Race and Cultural Festival
Wala Island10/10Manaro Volcano Run
Manaro · Ambae10/16Fest’Napuan
Port Vila
What is for sale right now
Browse 817 homes for sale 53 to rent
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What this page does not tell you
Nothing here is tax, residency or immigration advice, and we do not publish rules we cannot source — those change, they differ by nationality, and getting them wrong costs you far more than a search does. Take them from the island's own government. Prices are asking prices from agents' own sites, not achieved prices. Flight times are estimates and routes change with the season.
Compiled 2026-11-07 from 11 agent sites plus published climate, airport and mapping data. How this works · Compare every island side by side