Climate averages 1991–2020
Cagayan de Oro weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cagayan de Oro: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 330 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manolo Fortich (27 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Cagayan de Oro, with 328 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cagayan de Oro ranks 143rd of 151 for the warmest May highs and 149th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Cagayan de Oro is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 330 mm to 403 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Manolo Fortich in MayPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 328 mm rain
- Iligan City in MayPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 316 mm rain
- Iligan in MayPhilippines · 53 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 190 mm rain
- Gingoog in MayPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 262 mm rain
- Marawi City in MayPhilippines · 67 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 373 mm rain
- NIA Valencia in MayPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Maramag in MayPhilippines · 89 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Oroquieta in MayPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 137 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.