Tuamasaga · SamoaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Vaea

472 m

Elevation472 mabove sea level

Prominence472 mindependent height

Isolation7.2 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul26°average high

13.87° S, 171.77° WElevation 472 mUTC+13 · Samoa Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Summit472 m
Mid-mountain270 m
Valley · Tanugamanono66 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Vaea in brief

Mount Vaea rises to 472 m, Tuamasaga, Samoa. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 472 m.

At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 28°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Vailima, 0.7 km to the NE at 175 m.

Facts

Elevation: 472 m · 1,549 ft
Prominence: 472 m
Region: Tuamasaga
Country: Samoa
Coordinates: -13.8667, -171.7667
Nearest airport: Faleolo International Airport (APW) · 26 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Mount Vaea by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Mount Vaea by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	27°	27°	28°	27°	27°	27°	26°	26°	27°	27°	27°	27°
Average low	25°	25°	25°	25°	25°	25°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	25°
Precipitation	623 mm	531 mm	433 mm	340 mm	325 mm	206 mm	215 mm	181 mm	284 mm	347 mm	452 mm	504 mm
Cloud cover	59%	58%	54%	43%	36%	29%	27%	25%	27%	36%	46%	54%
Daylight	12h 51	12h 32	12h 11	11h 47	11h 28	11h 19	11h 23	11h 39	12h 01	12h 24	12h 45	12h 56
Month score	45	45	47	52	56	60	62	62	60	57	52	48

Snow and freezing level

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,450 m	4,500 m	4,500 m	4,500 m	4,450 m	4,400 m	4,350 m	4,350 m	4,350 m	4,400 m	4,450 m	4,450 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C