Samoa

The country calling code for Samoa is +685. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Samoa number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Samoa is assigned WS as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and WSM as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Samoa is .ws. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Samoa is the Samoan tālā, with the ISO 4217 code WST and the symbol T. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Samoa are quoted in WST. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Samoa is +13:00, currently UTC+13:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Samoa is Apia. Samoa sits in Oceania, specifically the Polynesia subregion. Its approximate centre point is -13.58333333, -172.33333333. Traffic in Samoa drives on the left. Languages recorded for Samoa: Samoan, English.

No land borders are recorded for Samoa in this dataset, which is typical of island states and territories. The nearby page still ranks the closest countries by straight-line distance.