Climate averages 1991–2020
Catbalogan weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: one of 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 Catbalogan: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tacloban (61 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Catbalogan, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Catbalogan ranks joint 72nd of 151 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Catbalogan is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 225 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
Catbalogan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 139 | 17.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 97 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 64 | 13.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 134 | 20.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 225 | 25.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 291 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 223 | 25.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 241 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 212 | 26.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 148 | 21.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 21.4 | 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
- Tacloban in MayPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Borongan in MayPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Catarman in MayPhilippines · 85 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Ormoc in MayPhilippines · 91 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in MayPhilippines · 112 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 26.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Bantayan in MayPhilippines · 144 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Sorsogon in MayPhilippines · 165 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 144 mm rain
- Danao in MayPhilippines · 168 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 123 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 Catbalogan) is explained once on the Catbalogan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.