Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Santa Cruz: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 343 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Baños (22 km away). In September its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz, with 314 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santa Cruz ranks joint 19th of 151 for the warmest September highs and 117th of 151 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Santa Cruz is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 343 mm to 245 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Los Baños in SeptemberPhilippines · 22 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 314 mm rain
- San Pablo in SeptemberPhilippines · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 355 mm rain
- Calamba in SeptemberPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 314 mm rain
- Cabuyao in SeptemberPhilippines · 31 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 314 mm rain
- Binangonan in SeptemberPhilippines · 32 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 328 mm rain
- Mauban in SeptemberPhilippines · 35 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 246 mm rain
- Candelaria in SeptemberPhilippines · 39 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 340 mm rain
- Lucena in SeptemberPhilippines · 45 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 340 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.