Climate averages 1991–2020

Laoag weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 11 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Laoag: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tabuk, Philippines (125 km away). In January its highs average 24.3°C, 3.6°C cooler than Laoag, with 183 mm of rain.

Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Laoag ranks joint 78th of 151 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 151 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 151 cities is 27.8°C; Laoag is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 12 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Laoag climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Laoag, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	27.9°C21.2°C	21.2°C	11	1.6	11.211 h
February	28.9°C21.4°C	21.4°C	12	1.2	11.512 h
March	30.6°C22.3°C	22.3°C	7.6	1.4	12.012 h
April	31.7°C23.9°C	23.9°C	25	3.2	12.513 h
May	30.8°C24.7°C	24.7°C	184	16.3	13.013 h
June	29.7°C24.7°C	24.7°C	317	23.6	13.213 h
July	29.0°C24.5°C	24.5°C	451	26.5	13.113 h
August	28.5°C24.4°C	24.4°C	509	25.6	12.713 h
September	28.9°C24.1°C	24.1°C	345	20.9	12.312 h
October	29.5°C24.0°C	24.0°C	131	9.4	11.712 h
November	29.2°C23.6°C	23.6°C	70	5.5	11.311 h
December	27.9°C22.4°C	22.4°C	37	4.7	11.111 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Laoag

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Laoag) is explained once on the Laoag year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.