Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Santa Cruz: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Baños (22 km away). In October its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santa Cruz ranks joint 63rd of 151 for the warmest October highs and joint 98th of 151 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 151 cities is 28.9°C; Santa Cruz is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 245 mm to 181 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Los Baños in OctoberPhilippines · 22 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 194 mm rain
- San Pablo in OctoberPhilippines · 26 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Calamba in OctoberPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 194 mm rain
- Cabuyao in OctoberPhilippines · 31 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Binangonan in OctoberPhilippines · 32 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Mauban in OctoberPhilippines · 35 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 373 mm rain
- Candelaria in OctoberPhilippines · 39 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 276 mm rain
- Lucena in OctoberPhilippines · 45 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 276 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.