United States
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
45.7km²
Area
36km
Coastline
963m
Highest point
Lata Mountain
790
People
29°C
Warmest sea
March
4,221km
To the mainland
When to go to Taʻū
Best for the beach from January to April and in August.
The sea is warmest in March (29 °C) and coolest in August (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island of American Samoa
Taʻū is an volcanic island in United States. It covers 45.7 km², with 36 km of coastline. Its highest point, Lata Mountain, rises to 963 m. About 790 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 4,221 km away.
Getting there
- Pago Pago International Airport (PPG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 133 km in a straight lineCar hire at KOA airport (Kailua-Kona)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesManu’a Islands Ferry
- 4,221 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From January to April and Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Taʻū.
- 1beaches
- 2ferry terminalsFaleaso Wharf, Ta‘ū Wharf
- 2named peaksLata Mountain, Maluatia Hill
- 4volcanoesOlomatimu Crater, Olomanu Crater, Judds Crater and 1 more
- 1ruins and archaeological sitesTau Airport
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Taʻū in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Taʻū, each with its own numbers.
3mountainsPeakyas
Highest point
963m
Lata Mountain
prominence 963 m · according to Peakyas
3 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Lata Mountainprominence 963 m963m
- Maluatia Hill
- Judds Crater
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 370 m above the sea. 31 % of it is below 200 m.
- 9 %0–50 m
- 22 %50–200 m
- 39 %200–500 m
- 30 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
5 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Ta`ū873 people
- Faleāsaono census figure
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Night low (°C) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
| Sea (°C) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 |
| Rain (mm) | 273 | 253 | 168 | 172 | 130 | 80 | 75 | 60 | 86 | 136 | 216 | 246 |
| Wet days | 25 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 24 |
| Sun h/day | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| Wind (km/h) | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | −0.6 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 |
| 2022 | +0.4 | −0.1 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.1 | −0.2 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.1 |
| 2023 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.2 | −0.3 |
| 2024 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +0.6 | +0.5 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | −0.2 | +0.4 |
| 2025 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Samoa
TokelauAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q21847427) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
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