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Triplandio Apia guide covers 5 travel guides across 19 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 20 self-guided walking tours in Apia with 51 POI, spanning 39.9 km in total. Get inspired by 4 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Apia
City & Country Data Samoa (Apia)
Key travel data for Apia — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Samoa
Tourists
23.9K/y
GDP/cap
$5.9k
Life Exp
71.8 yrs
Population
219.3K
Currency
WST T
Language
Samoan
Payments
Cash only
Emergency
994
💰 Prices in Apia
Coffee
$3.00
Beer
$3.50
Lunch
$12.00
Groceries
$50.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.50
Transit
$4.00
Fuel
$1.20/l
Internet
$100.00/m
Salary
$800/m
Best time to visit Apia (Samoa)
Now (September) avg: 25°C, wetter month, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Aug & Jul.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
29°C / 22°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:15 / 18:23
Local time
0:33
Sea Temp
28°C
Best Months 
Aug & Jul
Aug & Jul
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Dec
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Sea temperature
Sea warmth for swimming, by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Apia —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Green bananas cooked in seasoned coconut sauce. Traditional sweet bread with coconut flavor. Taro leaves baked in coconut cream. Deep-fried round pancakes often enjoyed as a sweet snack.
Traditional Local Food
Apia (Samoa)
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Main course
Vegetarian
Fa'alifu fa'i
fah-ah-lee-foo fah-ee
· Banana in coconut sauce
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Bread
Vegan
Fa'apapa
fah-ah-pah-pah
· Sweet coconut bread
Main course
Vegetarian
Palusami
pah-loo-sah-mee
· Taro leaves with coconut cream
Snack
Vegetarian
Panikeke
pah-nee-keh-keh
· Samoan donuts