Weather in Apia in February

Shoulder season. February sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. You should expect rain on 23 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

Apia barely has seasons. February scores 55 out of 100 against a best of 72 in August — a gap small enough that the month you choose matters far less here than the week you choose.

Rain on 23 of the month's 28 days, 7 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Natural fibres and a second shirt for the day. At 82% nothing dries, including you.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 1.3 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 31.2 °C and the coldest night fell to 24.9 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 73 mm — roughly 30% of the month's rain in one day.

February is moderately variable: 83 mm in the driest year against 573 mm in the wettest, around an average of 241 mm. Roughly two Februarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 14.7 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 82%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How February sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 28.8 °C in January, 28.8 here, 28.8 in March. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in February

Apia sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.6 hours in February, against a range of just 1.6 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 29.3 °C in February — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. This is the warmest the water gets all year.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

February in Apia versus nearby

If Apia is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Nuku‘alofa is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 5 days less rain. Avarua is a better bet in February — within a degree on temperature, 3 days less rain.

So: February works, with August the better month by 17 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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