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
Honiara in Nomasu Nakaguma's infantry battalions as they tried to approach the Marine lines. Both sides incurred heavy losses during the events of the overall battle, especially the Japanese attackers. After an attempt to deliver further reinforcements failed during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942, Japan conceded defeat in the struggle for the island and evacuated many of its remaining forces by the first week of February 1943. The Quonset hut built by the Americans can still be seen in the back lanes of the town and numerous memorials give testament to the war. Honiara officially became the capital