Honiara, Solomon Islands
Tuesday, 06 October 2026
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Rates, weather, flights and quakes — collected through the day from the Central Bank, the Met Service, Solomon Airlines and the US Geological Survey. Tue 6 Oct 2026.

Weather

Issued Tue 6 Oct, 6:00 am · Solomon Islands Meteorological Service · next issue Tue 6 Oct, 6:00 pm

The Strong Wind Warning is Cancelled

Honiara · fine apart from a few showers, light to moderate N–NE winds
High tide 6:30 pm · low 9:23 am
Sunrise 6:02 am · sunset 6:15 pm

A trough lies over eastern parts of Solomon Islands whilst a general southeast trade wind flow persists over the country.

Provincial forecasts
Choiseul

Fine apart from a few showers. Light to moderate south to southeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Western

Fine apart from a few showers. Light to moderate south to southeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Isabel

Fine apart from a few showers. Light to moderate south to southeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Central

Fine apart from a few showers. Light to moderate southeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Malaita

Fine apart from a few showers. Light to moderate south to southeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Makira

Fine apart from a few showers. Gentle to moderate south to southeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Temotu

A few showers and isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to fresh east to southeast winds.

Tomorrow: A few showers and possible isolated thunderstorms.

Rennell/Bellona

Fine apart from a few showers. Moderate to fresh southeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Guadalcanal

Fine apart from a few showers. Gentle to moderate southeast to northeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Honiara

Fine apart from a few showers. Light to moderate north to northeast winds.

Tomorrow: Fine apart from a few showers.

Tides
StationNext highNext low
Honiara6:30 pm (0.82 m)9:23 am (0.20 m)
Lata4:04 pm (1.19 m)7:34 am (0.27 m)
Taro2:17 pm (1.01 m)7:52 am (0.29 m)

Up to date ·Source: Solomon Islands Meteorological Service ·published Tue 6 Oct, 6:00 am ·checked 57 min ago

Solomon dollar today

Units of foreign currency for one Solomon Islands dollar · CBSI mid rate, published weekday mornings · BSP telegraphic-transfer rates

CurrencyCBSI mid1 weekBSP TT buyBuyBSP TT sellSell
AUD Australian dollar 0.1777 up on last week 0.1782 0.1732
NZD New Zealand dollar 0.2209 up on last week 0.2273 0.2105
USD US dollar 0.1237 down on last week 0.1257 0.1217
PGK PNG kina — 0.5423 0.5125
FJD Fiji dollar — 0.2787 0.2609
EUR Euro 0.1103 up on last week 0.1162 0.1053
GBP British pound 0.0936 unchanged on last week 0.0964 0.0897
JPY Japanese yen 19.530 up on last week 20.405 18.395
CNY Chinese yuan 0.8294 down on last week 0.8288 0.7864
CAD Canadian dollar — 0.1813 0.1664
CHF Swiss franc — 0.1062 0.0975
HKD Hong Kong dollar — 0.9831 0.9357
SGD Singapore dollar — 0.1604 0.1515
TOP Tongan pa'anga — 0.2904 0.2727
VUV Vanuatu vatu — 15.023 13.659
WST Samoan tala — 0.3361 0.3131

CBSI publishes no mid rate for the PNG kina or the Fiji dollar; bank rates only. Bank rates are what you are quoted at the counter: the bank buys your foreign currency at "buy" and sells it to you at "sell". A dash means the bank does not deal that currency by transfer.

Up to date ·Source: Central Bank of Solomon Islands , BSP Financial Group (Solomon Islands) ·published Wed 7 Oct 2026 ·checked 62 min ago

Flights

Solomon Airlines scheduled international services, 16 Sep 2026 – 1 Dec 2026

DayFlightFltFromToDepartsDepArrivesArr
MondayMon IE 701BNEHIR09:0013:20
IE 722HIRVLI14:2016:20
WednesdayWed IE 723VLIHIR13:2015:20
FridayFri IE 715BNEMUA08:5013:00
IE 715MUAHIR13:5014:40
SaturdaySat IE 701BNEHIR09:0013:20
SundaySun IE 703NANHIR07:1509:20

BNE Brisbane · HIR Honiara · MUA Munda · NAN Nadi · VLI Port Vila. All times local. International services only: Solomon Airlines publishes its domestic timetable as a PDF, not as data. The airline's full timetable, domestic flights included: PDF.

Scheduled times. Confirm with Solomon Airlines before travelling.

Up to date ·Source: Solomon Airlines ·published Tue 6 Oct, 3:09 am ·checked 11 h ago

Earthquakes

Magnitude 4.0 and above near the Solomon Islands, past 30 days · US Geological Survey

M4.8
146 km WNW of Panguna
Depth 142 km
4 h ago
M5.0
63 km SW of Panguna
Depth 38 km
4 days ago
M5.1
159 km SE of Gizo
Depth 10 km
4 days ago
M4.9
97 km S of Panguna
Depth 35 km
4 days ago
M4.7
49 km S of Lata
Depth 10 km
4 days ago
M5.1
176 km SE of Lata
Depth 10 km
4 days ago
M5.1
171 km SE of Lata
Depth 10 km
4 days ago
M4.9
22 km WNW of Malango
Depth 10 km
8 days ago

This is not a tsunami warning. Official warnings: SIMS 933, NDMO 955, radio.

Up to date ·Source: U.S. Geological Survey ·published Tue 6 Oct, 1:56 pm ·checked 10 min ago