Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Santa Cruz: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 317 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Baños (22 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz, with 301 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santa Cruz ranks joint 19th of 151 for the warmest August highs and joint 106th of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Santa Cruz is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 317 mm to 343 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
Santa Cruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 16.6 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 70 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 70 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 62 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 205 | 22.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 269 | 27.4 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 379 | 29.3 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 317 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 343 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 245 | 25.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 181 | 23.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 250 | 22.5 | 11.311 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
- Los Baños in AugustPhilippines · 22 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 301 mm rain
- San Pablo in AugustPhilippines · 26 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 317 mm rain
- Calamba in AugustPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 301 mm rain
- Cabuyao in AugustPhilippines · 31 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 301 mm rain
- Binangonan in AugustPhilippines · 32 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 367 mm rain
- Mauban in AugustPhilippines · 35 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 187 mm rain
- Candelaria in AugustPhilippines · 39 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 300 mm rain
- Lucena in AugustPhilippines · 45 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 300 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 Santa Cruz) is explained once on the Santa Cruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.