Tap water in Fiji

Not safe to drink

This reflects the CDC's travel health guidance for Fiji; no WHO coverage figure is published for this country. National figures describe a country, not the tap in front of you.

What the sources say

US CDC Travelers' Health

Advises travellers that tap water is generally not safe to drink in Fiji.

Numbeo

70.59/100 on the water drinkability and accessibility index, which Numbeo reads as “High”. This one is crowdsourced from residents rather than measured.

Lonely Planet

The municipal water supply in Suva, Nadi and other large towns is chlorinated and can usually be trusted, but elsewhere avoid untreated tap water. After heavy rain it’s worth boiling the water before you drink it.

This is a national picture, and it varies. Some cities treat their water to a standard the country as a whole does not reach. Where the water is not safe, boiling, filtering or sealed bottles are the usual options, and ice and raw salad washed in tap water carry the same risk as the water itself.

What bottled water costs you here

Drinking tap water instead of bottled would save one adult about 1015$ a year in Fiji, and keep several hundred plastic bottles out of circulation.

Work out your own saving

Places in Fiji

Water quality is local. These places have their own readings.

Elsewhere in Australia