Honiara which connects it with the Honiara International Airport (formerly known as Henderson Field) about to the east of Honiara across the Lunga River. To the west of the town center are the suburbs of White River and Tanaghai. The climate is tropical, more specifically a tropical rainforest climate, with an average daytime temperature of about . The water temperatures range between and . Honiara is noticeably wetter between November and April. The average amount of precipitation per year is about and thus somewhat lower than the average on the Solomon Islands as a whole (). However, Honiara is subject to
Tandai, Honiara direct the government to urgently act to address the crisis in the management and administration of land in Honiara, including: Squatter settlements in the Tandai area were caused by people who had settled on government land under temporary occupancy leases were evicted after the land was then allocated to foreign companies. Tandai Land owning tribes and the Honiara City Council have engaged in a boundary consultation process to address the illegal Honiara City Boundary expansion By the end of the twentieth century, much urban growth was taking place in Tandai, causing planning problems related to provision of services and related