Samoa 
In numbers.
Dec–Mar
Best months
54m
Elevation
The water at Afu Aau Falls, month by month
It roars from December to February.
The fullest months: from December to February. The thinnest: from July to September.
- 93%Jan
- 100%Feb
- 74%Mar
- 57%Apr
- 44%May
- 34%Jun
- 24%Jul
- 16%Aug
- 19%Sep
- 34%Oct
- 61%Nov
- 75%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Afu Aau Falls is a waterfall in Samoa.
Getting there.
- Vailoanearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Faleolo International Airport (APW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight line
- From December to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 170 m in 2.7 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Vailoa1.5 km in a straight line
- Palauli2.3 km in a straight line
- Satupa‘itea2.8 km in a straight line
- Gataivai8.6 km in a straight line
- Safotulafai17 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Night °C | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 262 | 254 | 166 | 154 | 129 | 101 | 81 | 64 | 89 | 141 | 208 | 220 |
| Wet days | 26 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 |
| Sun h/day | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (54 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 152% | 163% | 48% | 146% | 92% | 223% | 193% | 111% | 196% | 172% | 94% | 173% |
| 2021 | 94% | 132% | 102% | 101% | 65% | 113% | 59% | 210% | 16% | 89% | 52% | 77% |
| 2022 | 74% | 119% | 56% | 64% | 86% | 56% | 69% | 103% | 55% | 75% | 55% | 55% |
| 2023 | 68% | 82% | 116% | 79% | 99% | 96% | 169% | 97% | 60% | 104% | 54% | 125% |
| 2024 | 72% | 131% | 51% | 126% | 130% | 92% | 141% | 146% | 126% | 125% | 130% | 50% |
| 2025 | 127% | 113% | 104% | 54% | 233% | 103% | 141% | 109% | 91% | 183% | 118% | 60% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Afu Aau Falls
Samoa
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q31866642) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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