Climate averages 1991–2020
Jolo weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Jolo: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zamboanga (152 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Jolo, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Jolo ranks 144th of 151 for the warmest April highs and 55th of 151 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 151 cities is 30.9°C; Jolo is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs stay level at 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Jolo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 89 | 14.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 57 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 58 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 56 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 104 | 18.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 135 | 21.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 129 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 106 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 101 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 145 | 21.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 130 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 110 | 19.7 | 11.812 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
April in nearby cities
- Zamboanga in AprilPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in AprilMalaysia · 317 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Sandakan in AprilMalaysia · 320 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 169 mm rain
- Pagadian in AprilPhilippines · 333 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Muricay in AprilPhilippines · 337 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Dipolog in AprilPhilippines · 380 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Cotabato in AprilPhilippines · 381 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in AprilPhilippines · 383 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 173 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 Jolo) is explained once on the Jolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.