Climate averages 1991–2020
Borongan weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Borongan: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tacloban (62 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Borongan, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Borongan ranks joint 99th of 151 for the warmest May highs and 56th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Borongan is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 236 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
Borongan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 273 | 25.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 187 | 21.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 167 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 21.3 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 163 | 24.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 236 | 26.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 251 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 190 | 22.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 219 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 225 | 26.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 252 | 26.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 328 | 27.8 | 11.511 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
- Tacloban in MayPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Catbalogan in MayPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Ormoc in MayPhilippines · 112 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Catarman in MayPhilippines · 131 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in MayPhilippines · 160 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 26.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Bantayan in MayPhilippines · 193 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Danao in MayPhilippines · 195 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Surigao in MayPhilippines · 202 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 74 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 Borongan) is explained once on the Borongan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.