Best Time to Visit Samoa (Climate Chart and Table)

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On this page, you will find information about the climate and the best time to visit Samoa. We created climate tables and charts for the location of Apia. These contain details about temperatures, precipitation and more.

Furthermore, we analyzed all climate data and provide a recommendation about which months are best to visit Samoa for your holiday.

Climate Overview

23 °C to 30 °C

27 °C to 28 °C

4.72 – 16.18 in (11 – 22 Days of Rain)

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Geographical location

Table of Contents

1. Geographical location

2. Climate in Samoa

3. Best Time to Travel for Samoa: Overview

4. When to go to Samoa?

5. Climate Chart Samoa

5.1 Climate Chart Apia

6. Climate Table Samoa

6.1 Climate Table Apia

7. Highlights and Attractions

8. Current Weather and Forecast

9. South Pacific Islands: Regions

10. Share your Experience and Win

The island state Samoa occupies the western part of the Samoa Islands, the eastern part of the South Sea group of islands belongs as an outer region to the United States of America.

Samoa covers an area of 1800 square miles and is home to around 190,000 inhabitants, reaching a population density of around 68 people per square kilometre. West Samoa was a German colony at the beginning of the 20th century, was occupied by New Zealand during the First World War and has been independent since 1962.

The Republic is located northeast of the Fiji Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The two largest islands of the state are Sava’i with 1100 square miles and Upolu with 690 square miles. Upolu is also the capital Apia with around 37,000 inhabitants.

Characteristic for Samoa are the mountainous topography and the densely overgrown slopes.

Climate in Samoa

Typical for the situation in the South Pacific is the tropical oceanic climate. These warm and quite humid weather conditions all year round can also be found on Samoa. Day temperatures in the capital Apia are always between 29 °C to 31 °C, even at night it cools only slightly to around 23 °C. Rainfall lasts throughout the year, including the dry season on Samoa.

However, it becomes particularly humid in Polynesia’s rainy season, which occurs between mid-October and mid-April with constant southeast trade winds. In this period alone, rainfall averages over 86.61 in in Samoa. The islands are not in the direct hurricane belt, but can be cut irregularly by heavier tropical storms.

Beach Vacation in February

Ko Samui

28 °C

30 °C

1.3 in

Maldives

27 °C

30 °C

1.97 in

Punta Cana

26 °C

28 °C

2.13 in

Jamaica

26 °C

28 °C

2.52 in

Curaçao

25 °C

29 °C

1.1 in

Oman

25 °C

28 °C

0.63 in

Dubai

21 °C

25 °C

1.42 in

Diani Beach

29 °C

33 °C

0.51 in

Zanzibar

29 °C

32 °C

2.2 in

Best Time to Visit Samoa: Overview

JanuaryJan Up to 16.18 in of rainof rain	FebruaryFeb Up to 12.64 in of rainof rain	MarchMar Up to 15 in of rainof rain	AprilApr Up to 9.49 in of rainof rain	MayMay Best time to traveltime PerfectPerf. climate in Apia	JuneJun Best time to traveltime PerfectPerf. climate in Apia
JulyJul Best time to traveltime PerfectPerf. climate in Apia	AugustAug Best time to traveltime PerfectPerf. climate in Apia	SeptemberSep Best time to traveltime PerfectPerf. climate in Apia	OctoberOct Up to 10.04 in of rainof rain	NovemberNov Up to 9.92 in of rainof rain	DecemberDec Up to 13.66 in of rainof rain

When to go to Samoa?

The best time to visit Samoa is between May and September. This part of the year is outside the rainy season and scores not only with less precipitation, but also with a significantly increased number of sun hours per day. Another decisive factor is the lower humidity, which makes a trip to Samoa much more pleasant.

July and August in particular are the driest months. Temperatures are around 29 °C, and the risk of hurricanes is close to zero at this time of the year. Nothing stands in the way of a beach and bathing holiday at water temperatures of 27 °C to 28 °C. The wettest month for travel, however, is January, which together with February and March also has the highest (often humid) temperatures.

Climate Chart Samoa

Apia

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Source of Data: German Weather Service (Offenbach) and Wikipedia

Climate Table Samoa

In the following, you will find the climate table for Samoa, containing information about Temperatures, Precipitation, Water Temperatures, and Hours of Sunshine.

Temperatures, Precipitation, Sunshine in Apia (Samoa)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Day Temperature	30°	30°	30°	30°	30°	30°	29°	29°	30°	30°	30°	30°
Night Temperature	24°	24°	24°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°
Water Temperature	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	27°	27°	27°	28°	28°	28°
Precipitation (inch)	16.18	12.64	14.96	9.45	6.3	6.06	4.72	4.88	6.06	10.04	9.92	13.66
Rainy days	22	19	20	16	15	14	13	11	13	17	14	20
Hours of Sunshine	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	6

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Temperatures

The annual average temperature in Apia is 26.5 °C.

For comparison: London 11 °C, NYC 12 °C, LA 17.9 °C

Warmest month: February (27 °C)
Coldest month: July (25.9 °C)

The maximum water temperature in Apia is 28 °C. You can take a bath at these temperatures.

Months with water temperature of at least 21 °C (adequate for beach vacation):
all months

Precipitation

Overall annual precipitation: 114.88 inch on 194 rainy days

For comparison: London 24.06 in, NYC 41.57 in, LA 12.01 in

Rainy season (months with more than 6.9 in of precipitation): January, February, March, April, October, November, and December
Overall precipitation in the rainy season: 86.85 in

You cannot expect snow in any month in Apia.

Sunshine

As our climate table shows, September is the sunniest month with an average of 8.1 hours of sunshine per day. Over the year, there are 7 hours of sunshine per day on average. For comparison: London has 4.1, NYC has 7 and LA has 8.9 hours of sunshine per day on average.

Highlights and Attractions

With the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, the Immaculate Ceonception of Mary Cathedral and the Samoa Cultural Village, the capital offers three cultural highlights on Samoa. The beautiful lagoon To Sua Ocean Trench in Lalomanu and the Alofaaga Blowholes on Savai’s should also not be missing on your trip. In general, the focus in the South Seas is on natural highlights:

A special experience is the natural stone slide in the Papasee’a Pool, a swim in the pool below the Afu Aau waterfall on Savaii or swimming with sea turtles in the village of Satoalepai. Climbing over the suspension bridges between the treetops in the Falealupo Rainforest is an adventure.

Current Weather and Forecast

Current Weather in Apia

broken clouds, 26.8 °C

Clouds: 57 % Wind: 13 mph ONO
Air Pressure: 1011 hPa Humidity: 76 %

Last updated: 7th Feb 2023, 09:58 am

The next days …

8th Feb 2023	9th Feb 2023	10th Feb 2023	11th Feb 2023	12th Feb 2023	13th Feb 2023
27 °C to 28 °C	28 °C to 28 °C	27 °C to 28 °C	28 °C to 28 °C	28 °C to 28 °C	28 °C to 28 °C
27 °C to 28 °C	28 °C to 28 °C	27 °C to 28 °C	28 °C to 28 °C	28 °C to 28 °C	28 °C to 28 °C
Clouds: 86 %	Clouds: 93 %	Clouds: 97 %	Clouds: 100 %	Clouds: 100 %	Clouds: 95 %
0.03 in of rain	0.09 in of rain	0.07 in of rain	0.06 in of rain	0.04 in of rain	0.07 in of rain

Weather information provided by OpenWeatherMap. (CC BY-SA)

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South Pacific Islands: Regions

Samoa is part of the holiday destination South Pacific Islands. We analyzed the climate for additional regions, in order to provide you with information about the best time to visit and the expected holiday weather:

Best Time to Travel for the Regions

Apia: May, June, July, August, and September

Hottest Month

February: 30 °C
Day Temperature in Apia

Coldest Month

July: 23 °C
Night Temperature in Apia

Rainiest Month

January: 16.18 in
Rain in Apia

Driest Month

July: 4.72 in
Rain in Apia

Maximum Water Temperature

January: 28 °C
Water Temperature in Apia

Sunniest Month

September: 8.1 hours/day
Sunshine in Apia

Distances to Samoa

	London	New York	Los Angeles
Apia	9800 mi	7250 mi	4830 mi

Where’s Samoa?

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Continent: Oceania

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Share your Experience and Win

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