Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Santa Cruz: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Baños (22 km away). In May its highs average 32.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Santa Cruz, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santa Cruz ranks joint 43rd of 151 for the warmest May highs and 109th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Santa Cruz is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 205 mm to 269 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Los Baños in MayPhilippines · 22 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 170 mm rain
- San Pablo in MayPhilippines · 26 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 175 mm rain
- Calamba in MayPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Cabuyao in MayPhilippines · 31 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Binangonan in MayPhilippines · 32 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Mauban in MayPhilippines · 35 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Candelaria in MayPhilippines · 39 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 216 mm rain
- Lucena in MayPhilippines · 45 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 216 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.