Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Princesa weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Puerto Princesa: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brookes Point (146 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Puerto Princesa, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Puerto Princesa ranks joint 99th of 151 for the warmest May highs and joint 85th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Puerto Princesa is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 226 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Brookes Point in MayPhilippines · 146 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 256 mm rain
- San Jose, Philippines in MayPhilippines · 386 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 157 mm rain
- Sipalay in MayPhilippines · 402 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 269 mm rain
- Sablayan in MayPhilippines · 409 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 219 mm rain
- Iloilo in MayPhilippines · 432 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Sandakan in MayMalaysia · 439 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 237 mm rain
- Kabankalan in MayPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Bayawan in MayPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 151 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.