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Will it rain today in Bora Bora?

Should you take an umbrella in Bora Bora? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

Dry in Bora Bora for now; rain expected from about 08:00. Today’s total: 7.8 mm over 15 wet hours. Tomorrow: 11 mm of rain.

Rain now0 mm/hdry
Next rain08:00Today
Today7.8 mm15 wet hours
Tomorrow11 mm15 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

7.8 mm of rain, 15 wet hours, up to 1.3 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
23:00–02:004.01.3light · rain
02:00–05:000.30.1dry
05:00–08:000.10dry
08:00–11:001.00.3light · rain
11:00–14:000.70.2light · rain
14:00–17:000.80.3light · rain
17:00–20:000.30.1dry
20:00–23:000.80.3light · rain

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

11 mm of rain, 15 wet hours, up to 1.1 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
23:00–02:000.70.2light · rain
02:00–05:000.30.1dry
05:00–08:000.20.1dry
08:00–11:000.10dry
11:00–14:002.00.7light · rain
14:00–17:003.31.1light · rain
17:00–20:002.91.0light · rain
20:00–23:001.40.5light · rain

Times in local time (Pacific/Tahiti). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Bora Bora

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Bora Bora

How much it rains in Bora Bora, month by month

Bora Bora gets about 1,319 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is December (210 mm), the driest September (34 mm); a normal October brings 74 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Will it rain today in Bora Bora?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: Dry in Bora Bora for now; rain expected from about 08:00. Today’s total: 7.8 mm over 15 wet hours. Tomorrow: 11 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Bora Bora?
About 1,319 mm a year on average (2001–2025). December is the wettest month with 210 mm, September the driest with 34 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Bora Bora.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Bora Bora and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.