Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Princesa weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Puerto Princesa: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brookes Point (146 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Puerto Princesa, with 310 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Puerto Princesa ranks joint 58th of 151 for the warmest August highs and joint 44th of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Puerto Princesa is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 208 mm to 238 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
Puerto Princesa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 101 | 14.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 79 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 99 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 82 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 185 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 226 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 226 | 27.0 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 208 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 238 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 259 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 208 | 25.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 196 | 23.2 | 11.612 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
- Brookes Point in AugustPhilippines · 146 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 310 mm rain
- San Jose, Philippines in AugustPhilippines · 386 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 440 mm rain
- Sipalay in AugustPhilippines · 402 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 386 mm rain
- Sablayan in AugustPhilippines · 409 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 591 mm rain
- Iloilo in AugustPhilippines · 432 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 282 mm rain
- Sandakan in AugustMalaysia · 439 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Kabankalan in AugustPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 314 mm rain
- Bayawan in AugustPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 298 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 Puerto Princesa) is explained once on the Puerto Princesa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.