Samoa 
In numbers.
Dec–Mar
Best months
135m
Elevation
The water at Sopoaga Falls, month by month
It roars from December to February.
The fullest months: from December to February. The thinnest: from July to September.
- 98%Jan
- 100%Feb
- 75%Mar
- 64%Apr
- 48%May
- 33%Jun
- 23%Jul
- 15%Aug
- 20%Sep
- 36%Oct
- 65%Nov
- 83%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.
Sopoaga Falls is a waterfall in Samoa.
Getting there.
- Matavainearest town · 7.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 370 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Faleolo International Airport (APW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 50 km in a straight line
- From December to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 118 m in 3.4 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsSopo'aga Waterfalls
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmFuipisia Waterfalls
- —caves
- —campsites
- 5hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSeabreeze Resort, Mataafa, Honeymoon Point Villa and 2 more
- —restaurants 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
- Matavai7.1 km in a straight line
- Samamea10 km in a straight line
- Falefa13 km in a straight line
- Lufilufi15 km in a straight line
- Solosolo16 km in a straight line
- Lauli’i20 km in a straight line
- Si’umu20 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 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Night °C | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 258 | 241 | 165 | 169 | 128 | 91 | 75 | 56 | 92 | 141 | 213 | 229 |
| Wet days | 26 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 24 |
| Sun h/day | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.7 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (135 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 | 141% | 149% | 51% | 138% | 70% | 244% | 180% | 126% | 191% | 153% | 94% | 154% |
| 2021 | 85% | 126% | 105% | 91% | 69% | 108% | 52% | 185% | 19% | 48% | 45% | 63% |
| 2022 | 78% | 122% | 41% | 50% | 93% | 62% | 84% | 126% | 44% | 64% | 57% | 55% |
| 2023 | 90% | 78% | 113% | 85% | 126% | 82% | 137% | 117% | 61% | 90% | 56% | 139% |
| 2024 | 71% | 134% | 43% | 87% | 142% | 118% | 141% | 144% | 123% | 88% | 115% | 63% |
| 2025 | 119% | 108% | 114% | 45% | 250% | 96% | 114% | 113% | 96% | 192% | 117% | 75% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Sopoaga Falls
Samoa
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q32022830) · 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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