Climate averages 1991–2020
Laoag weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Laoag: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tabuk, Philippines (125 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Laoag, with 285 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Laoag ranks joint 72nd of 151 for the warmest May highs and 84th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Laoag is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 184 mm to 317 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
Laoag climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tabuk, Philippines in MayPhilippines · 125 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 285 mm rain
- Solana in MayPhilippines · 131 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 162 mm rain
- Tuguegarao in MayPhilippines · 136 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 158 mm rain
- San Fernando, Philippines in MayPhilippines · 178 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 195 mm rain
- Ilagan in MayPhilippines · 180 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 233 mm rain
- Bauang in MayPhilippines · 187 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 195 mm rain
- La Trinidad in MayPhilippines · 194 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Santiago, Philippines in MayPhilippines · 196 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 161 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 Laoag) is explained once on the Laoag year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.