Climate averages 1991–2020
San Jose, Philippines weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in San Jose, Philippines: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sablayan (63 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as San Jose, Philippines, with 219 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, San Jose, Philippines ranks joint 112th of 151 for the warmest May highs and 47th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; San Jose, Philippines is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 157 mm to 331 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
San Jose, Philippines climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 24 | 3.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 24 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 19 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 25 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 157 | 15.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 331 | 24.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 511 | 26.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 27.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 440 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 27.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 402 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 234 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 102 | 8.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 110 | 7.5 | 11.411 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
- Sablayan in MayPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 219 mm rain
- Rosario, Philippines in MayPhilippines · 143 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Batangas in MayPhilippines · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Kalibo in MayPhilippines · 158 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Lipa City in MayPhilippines · 177 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 175 mm rain
- Candelaria in MayPhilippines · 180 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 216 mm rain
- Lucena in MayPhilippines · 185 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Pagbilao in MayPhilippines · 192 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 144 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 San Jose) is explained once on the San Jose, Philippines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.