Climate averages 1991–2020
Apia weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Apia: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average August day.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Apia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 360 | 27.8 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 328 | 24.8 | 12.613 h |
| March | 29.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 271 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 218 | 25.5 | 11.812 h |
| May | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 207 | 24.4 | 11.511 h |
| June | 28.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 143 | 21.9 | 11.311 h |
| July | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 138 | 21.0 | 11.411 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 121 | 21.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 160 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 226 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 271 | 25.8 | 12.713 h |
| December | 29.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 346 | 27.4 | 12.913 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Apia) is explained once on the Apia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.