Safotu, Samoa climate

Af Tropical rainforest

Safotu has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical rainforest, Köppen Af). The hottest month is March with an average daily high near 31°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 23°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1769 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 278 mm while August barely receives 62 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 31°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 23°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 1769 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Safotu climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	32	31	31	30	31	31	31	31	31
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	28
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	23	23	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	278	208	162	147	171	83	72	62	77	143	166	199

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	32	31	31
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	28	27	27
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	278	208	162	147	171	83

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	30	31	31	31	31	31
Avg temp (°C)	26	27	27	27	27	28
Avg low (°C)	23	22	23	23	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	72	62	77	143	166	199

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	80	78	73	65	61	57	55	53	56	65	70	76
Relative humidity (%)	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	79	79	80	81	81
Wind speed (km/h)	14.5	14.7	13.1	13.8	15.9	19.1	19.3	19.2	19.4	17.4	15.2	14.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	80	78	73	65	61	57
Relative humidity (%)	82	82	82	81	81	81
Wind speed (km/h)	14.5	14.7	13.1	13.8	15.9	19.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	55	53	56	65	70	76
Relative humidity (%)	80	79	79	80	81	81
Wind speed (km/h)	19.3	19.2	19.4	17.4	15.2	14.8

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 21 years of daily observations at Faleolo Intl, a weather station, about 60 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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