Climate averages 1991–2020
Jolo weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Jolo: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zamboanga (152 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Jolo, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Jolo ranks joint 137th of 151 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 151 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 151 cities is 28.9°C; Jolo is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 130 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Zamboanga in OctoberPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in OctoberMalaysia · 317 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Sandakan in OctoberMalaysia · 320 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Pagadian in OctoberPhilippines · 333 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Muricay in OctoberPhilippines · 337 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Dipolog in OctoberPhilippines · 380 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 247 mm rain
- Cotabato in OctoberPhilippines · 381 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in OctoberPhilippines · 383 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 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.