Similar Climates › City Pairings › Apia ≈ Papeete
City Pairings
fair match
Apia, Samoa and Papeete, French Polynesia are a fair climate match — 2,410 km (1,498 mi) apart. Apia is Köppen zone Af; Papeete is Af.
See Apia on the interactive map →Apia and Papeete both sit in the tropical rainforest (Af) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 2,410 km (1,498 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Apia and Papeete. July by 2°C (Papeete cooler); January means differ by 0°C (Papeete cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Papeete is 120 mm drier in January, and 20 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Papeete at 9.4 h/day on average versus 10.2 h/day in Apia (January 9.3 h / 10.2 h, July 9.6 h / 10.2 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (6 µg/m³ in Papeete, 7 in Apia). Humidity: dew point in Papeete runs about 5°C lower in July (17°C vs 22°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Papeete, French Polynesia is the closest distant match for Apia, Samoa — scored fair, about 2,410 km (1,498 mi) away.
Apia and Papeete are separated by roughly 2,410 km (1,498 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are tropical rainforest (Af).
Apia has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 24°C with 450 mm of rain; July averages 29°C / 23°C and 80 mm.
Apia averages about 10.2 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 4.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 27); July averages 8.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 45).
Other close climate matches for Apia: Recife (fair), Port Vila (fair), Natal (loose).
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