Climate averages 1991–2020
Catarman 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 Catarman: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Catbalogan (85 km away). In May its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Catarman, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Catarman ranks joint 55th of 151 for the warmest May highs and 58th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Catarman is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 168 mm to 228 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
Catarman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 177 | 21.7 | 11.511 h |
| February | 28.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 118 | 16.9 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 110 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 89 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 31.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 168 | 23.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 228 | 26.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 284 | 27.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 208 | 23.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 233 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 217 | 27.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 187 | 25.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 256 | 26.4 | 11.411 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
- Catbalogan in MayPhilippines · 85 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Sorsogon in MayPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 144 mm rain
- Legaspi in MayPhilippines · 121 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Virac in MayPhilippines · 128 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Borongan in MayPhilippines · 131 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Tacloban in MayPhilippines · 145 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Polangui in MayPhilippines · 153 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 203 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in MayPhilippines · 155 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 26.8°C · 101 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 Catarman) is explained once on the Catarman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.