Climate averages 1991–2020
Cagayan de Oro weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cagayan de Oro: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manolo Fortich (27 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 1.6°C cooler than Cagayan de Oro, with 301 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cagayan de Oro ranks joint 130th of 151 for the warmest August highs and joint 59th of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Cagayan de Oro is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 225 mm to 231 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Cagayan de Oro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 256 | 23.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 217 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 200 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 225 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 330 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 26.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 297 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 225 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 231 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 296 | 26.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 310 | 26.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 262 | 26.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Manolo Fortich in AugustPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 301 mm rain
- Iligan City in AugustPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 214 mm rain
- Iligan in AugustPhilippines · 53 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Gingoog in AugustPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 239 mm rain
- Marawi City in AugustPhilippines · 67 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 240 mm rain
- NIA Valencia in AugustPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 224 mm rain
- Maramag in AugustPhilippines · 89 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 239 mm rain
- Oroquieta in AugustPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 143 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 Cagayan de Oro) is explained once on the Cagayan de Oro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.