Climate averages 1991–2020
Butuan weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Butuan: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buenavista (15 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Butuan, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Butuan ranks joint 76th of 151 for the warmest May highs and joint 32nd of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Butuan is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 206 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
Butuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 269 | 22.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 188 | 17.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 149 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 106 | 14.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 146 | 22.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 206 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 179 | 22.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 20.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 136 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 196 | 24.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 220 | 23.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 222 | 23.4 | 11.612 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
- Buenavista in MayPhilippines · 15 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Bayugan in MayPhilippines · 33 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 241 mm rain
- Gingoog in MayPhilippines · 51 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 262 mm rain
- Prosperidad in MayPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 189 mm rain
- San Francisco, Philippines in MayPhilippines · 64 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Surigao in MayPhilippines · 94 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Manolo Fortich in MayPhilippines · 99 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 328 mm rain
- Cagayan de Oro in MayPhilippines · 111 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 330 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 Butuan) is explained once on the Butuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Buenavista lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.