Climate averages 1991–2020
Dipolog weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Dipolog: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oroquieta (52 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Dipolog, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Dipolog ranks joint 130th of 151 for the warmest May highs and joint 73rd of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Dipolog is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 175 mm to 236 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
Dipolog climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 138 | 18.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 116 | 15.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 94 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 92 | 15.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 175 | 25.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 236 | 27.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 221 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 204 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 237 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 27.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 191 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 193 | 23.2 | 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
- Oroquieta in MayPhilippines · 52 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in MayPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Dumaguete in MayPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Pagadian in MayPhilippines · 83 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Muricay in MayPhilippines · 84 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 181 mm rain
- Bayawan in MayPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Iligan in MayPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 190 mm rain
- Tanjay in MayPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 139 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 Dipolog) is explained once on the Dipolog year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.