Apia Weather in May
Apia in May
The short of it: Apia in May averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 225 mm (8.9 in) of rain and about 11 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 24° · rain 225 mm · daylight 11 h 29 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Apia an average May high of 30°, a low of 24° and some 225 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 225 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 29 min in mid-May, 19 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Apia runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Vaimoso, 1 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Apia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 35 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h