Climate averages 1991–2020

Marawi City weather
in May.

A warm, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.2°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 21.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 373 mm 29 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Marawi City · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in Marawi City: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 373 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Iligan (25 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 3.1°C warmer than Marawi City, with 190 mm of rain.

Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Marawi City ranks 149th of 151 for the warmest May highs and 151st of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Marawi City is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 373 mm to 402 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 15202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

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

Every month, side by side

Marawi City climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Marawi City, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.4°C20.1°C20.1°C26425.811.712 h
February 24.7°C19.9°C19.9°C24322.311.912 h
March 25.5°C20.4°C20.4°C23423.012.112 h
April 26.2°C21.1°C21.1°C25423.912.312 h
May, selected 26.2°C21.6°C21.6°C37328.812.512 h
June 25.6°C21.4°C21.4°C40226.912.613 h
July 25.4°C21.0°C21.0°C30025.412.513 h
August 25.7°C21.0°C21.0°C24023.312.412 h
September 25.7°C21.0°C21.0°C25625.412.212 h
October 25.4°C20.9°C20.9°C29628.012.012 h
November 25.3°C20.7°C20.7°C29726.711.812 h
December 24.9°C20.6°C20.6°C29327.011.712 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

Distance from Marawi City

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 Marawi City) is explained once on the Marawi City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.