Climate averages 1991–2020
Balanga weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Balanga: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limay (14 km away). In May its highs average 31.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Balanga, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Balanga ranks joint 43rd of 151 for the warmest May highs and 46th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Balanga is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 155 mm to 279 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Balanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 23 | 5.5 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 31.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 155 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 279 | 25.2 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 446 | 28.8 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 421 | 28.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 355 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 195 | 19.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 82 | 10.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 81 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Limay in MayPhilippines · 14 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Mariveles in MayPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 27.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Olongapo in MayPhilippines · 32 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Malolos in MayPhilippines · 35 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Apalit in MayPhilippines · 40 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 136 mm rain
- Guiguinto in MayPhilippines · 41 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Plaridel in MayPhilippines · 42 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 136 mm rain
- San Fernando in MayPhilippines · 43 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 136 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Balanga) is explained once on the Balanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.