Pago Pago
Capital of American Samoa: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
PagoPago Harbor NPS: Tavita Togia, National Park Service, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Pago Pago is the capital of American Samoa, in Eastern District. About 11,500 people live in the city proper.
It lies at 14.28° S, 170.70° W, about 2 m (7 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Pago_Pago time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Pago Pago. Green dots: other major cities of American Samoa. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Pago Pago has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 27°C (80°F). Around 1,946 mm (77 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in American SamoaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 5881576 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q51678 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- PagoPago Harbor NPS: Tavita Togia, National Park Service, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- AmSamoa Tutuila 491: Eric Guinther, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pago Park Soccer Stadium: Oceania Football, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mount 'Alava: National Park Service, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jean p haydon museum: Fogāmaa, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
