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Nauru travel guide

Best time to visit from the UK, weather, festivals, flights from London and FCDO travel advice.

Anibare Bay
Anibare Bay. Photo: Hadi Zaher from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
17h 45mflight from London
Australian dollarcurrency
Visa neededfor UK passports
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The world's smallest island nation, ringed by reef

Don't miss

  1. Anibare Bay
  2. Buada Lagoon
  3. Command Ridge
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Best time to visit Nauru from the UK

Best value: All year. Mar–Oct is drier.

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Best valueBusy and pricierQuietAverage temperature in Yaren (de facto), °C, 2001–2025 (NASA POWER).

Each bar is the average temperature in Yaren (de facto) for that month, and its colour shows the season for visitors: best value (good weather, fewer crowds and lower prices), busiest and priciest, or quiet (off-peak, sometimes because the weather is poorer).

  • Our pick: May and JuneThe warmest of the best-value months (28°C), with fewer crowds than peak season.
  • Warmest: May (28°C) · coolest: March (28°C)Temperatures barely change through the year, so the season matters more than the weather.
Temperatures as a table
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Festivals and events

  • Angam Day Oct · Yaren

Festival dates move from year to year: check before you book.

Getting there from the UK

Flight time
About 17h 45m
Distance
14,228 km
Main airport
INU

Flight times are straight-line estimates for a direct flight from Heathrow; journeys with a change take longer.

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Practical info and travel guidance

Australian dollarCapital: Yaren (de facto)
Type I · 240VBring a UK adapter
Drive on the leftSame as the UK
110
EmergencyAmbulance 111
Drink bottledOr treated water
  • VisaVisa needed in advanceApply in advance
  • HealthcareNo free healthcareYou pay for treatment, so travel insurance with medical cover is essential.
  • LGBT+ travellersLegal, but attitudes can be conservativePublic affection may draw attention.
  • Women travellersNo specific FCDO warningTake the usual precautions.

For British passport holders, summarised from the FCDO's advice for Nauru, checked October 2026. FCDO page last updated 19 March 2026. Rules change: read the official FCDO travel advice for Nauru before you book and again before you go.

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