Climate averages 1991–2020
Cebu City weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Cebu City: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talisay (9 km away). In October its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Cebu City, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cebu City ranks joint 44th of 151 for the warmest October highs and joint 35th of 151 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 151 cities is 28.9°C; Cebu City is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 194 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Cebu City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 145 | 18.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 115 | 13.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 88 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 67 | 11.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 113 | 21.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 173 | 24.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 171 | 23.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 129 | 19.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 153 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 191 | 25.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 194 | 23.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 211 | 23.3 | 11.512 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
October in nearby cities
- Talisay in OctoberPhilippines · 9 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Naga (Central Visayas), Philippines in OctoberPhilippines · 19 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Danao in OctoberPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 231 mm rain
- Toledo, Philippines in OctoberPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 240 mm rain
- Escalante in OctoberPhilippines · 72 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 205 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in OctoberPhilippines · 74 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Sagay in OctoberPhilippines · 86 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 226 mm rain
- Cadiz, Philippines in OctoberPhilippines · 96 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 270 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 Cebu City) is explained once on the Cebu City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.