Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Princesa weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Puerto Princesa: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brookes Point (146 km away). In January its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Puerto Princesa, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Puerto Princesa ranks joint 57th of 151 for the warmest January highs and 72nd of 151 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 151 cities is 27.8°C; Puerto Princesa is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Brookes Point in JanuaryPhilippines · 146 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 142 mm rain
- San Jose, Philippines in JanuaryPhilippines · 386 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Sipalay in JanuaryPhilippines · 402 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Sablayan in JanuaryPhilippines · 409 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Iloilo in JanuaryPhilippines · 432 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Sandakan in JanuaryMalaysia · 439 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 287 mm rain
- Kabankalan in JanuaryPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Bayawan in JanuaryPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 54 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.