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Triplandio Bora Bora guide covers 4 travel guides across 16 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 16 self-guided walking tours in Bora Bora with 54 POI, spanning 48.6 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Bora Bora
City & Country Data French Polynesia (Bora Bora)
Key travel data for Bora Bora — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 French Polynesia
Tourists
89.4K/y
GDP/cap
$22.4k
Life Exp
84.2 yrs
Population
282.5K
Currency
XPF Fr
Language
French
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Bora Bora
Coffee
$4.30
Beer
$5.00
Lunch
$15.00
Groceries
$100.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.00
Transit
$1.90
Fuel
$1.50/l
Internet
$70.00/m
Salary
$2,000/m
Best time to visit Bora Bora (French Polynesia)
Now (July) avg: 26°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Aug & Jul.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
26°C / 25°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:36 / 17:49
Local time
20:40
Sea Temp
27°C
Best Months 
Aug & Jul
Aug & Jul
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Jan
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Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
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Dec
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
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Nov
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Sea temperature
Sea warmth for swimming, by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Bora Bora —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Shrimps cooked in a creamy coconut sauce. Sweet coconut-flavored doughnuts, deep-fried. Clams marinated with fermented coconut. Raw fish marinated in lime and coconut milk. Chicken simmered with coconut milk and taro leaves.
Traditional Local Food
Bora Bora (French Polynesia)
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Chevrettes au lait de coco
shev-reht oh leh de koh-koh
· Shrimps in coconut milk
Snack
Vegetarian
Firi Firi
fee-ree fee-ree
· Tahitian coconut doughnuts
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Starter
Fish & Seafood
Pahua Taioro
pa-ha-wa tah-ee-oh-roh
· Fermented clams in coconut
Starter
Fish & Seafood
Poisson Cru
Tahitian raw fish salad
pwah-sawn kroo
· Tahitian raw fish salad
Main course
Meat
Poulet Fafa
poo-leh fah-fah
· Chicken with taro leaves
