Weather in Apia in November

Shoulder season. November sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. You should expect rain on 25 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

Apia barely has seasons. November scores 57 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 25 of the month's 30 days, 8 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. Pack for 28.6 °C days and 27.1 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average November reaches 30 °C; the day barely swings — 1.5 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 30.4 °C and the coldest night fell to 25 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 49 mm — roughly 23% of the month's rain in one day.

November is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest November on record still delivered 339 mm against 115 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 213 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind is light at 14.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 81%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 28.5 °C in October, 28.6 here, 28.7 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in November

Apia sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.7 hours in November, 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 28.7 °C in November — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. The sea peaks at 29.5 °C in March and bottoms out at 27.8 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

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.

November in Apia versus nearby

If Apia is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Nuku‘alofa is a better bet in November — 3.8 °C cooler, 10 days less rain. Avarua is a better bet in November — 3.5 °C cooler, 9 days less rain.

So: November works, with August the better month by 15 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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