Climate averages 1991–2020

Santa Cruz weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.9°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 25.0°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 379 mm 29 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Santa Cruz · average highYear overview

July 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 379 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Baños (22 km away). In July its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz, with 368 mm of rain.

Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santa Cruz ranks joint 21st of 151 for the warmest July highs and joint 113th of 151 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Santa Cruz is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 379 mm to 317 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Santa Cruz, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.9°C23.0°C23.0°C9216.611.411 h
February 27.6°C23.0°C23.0°C7013.711.712 h
March 29.0°C23.7°C23.7°C7013.512.012 h
April 31.0°C24.9°C24.9°C6213.512.412 h
May 31.6°C25.6°C25.6°C20522.912.813 h
June 30.8°C25.4°C25.4°C26927.413.013 h
July, selected 29.9°C25.0°C25.0°C37929.312.913 h
August 29.9°C25.0°C25.0°C31728.112.613 h
September 29.8°C24.8°C24.8°C34327.512.212 h
October 29.2°C24.6°C24.6°C24525.411.812 h
November 28.3°C24.4°C24.4°C18123.211.511 h
December 27.3°C23.8°C23.8°C25022.511.311 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Santa Cruz

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 limits

How 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.