Climate averages 1991–2020
Jolo weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Jolo: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zamboanga (152 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Jolo, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Jolo ranks joint 135th of 151 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Jolo is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Zamboanga in AugustPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in AugustMalaysia · 317 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Sandakan in AugustMalaysia · 320 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Pagadian in AugustPhilippines · 333 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 249 mm rain
- Muricay in AugustPhilippines · 337 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Dipolog in AugustPhilippines · 380 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Cotabato in AugustPhilippines · 381 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in AugustPhilippines · 383 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 249 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.