Climate averages 1991–2020

Santiago, Philippines weather
in January.

A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 25.2°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 19.6°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 65 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Santiago · average highYear overview

January is a warm month in Santiago, Philippines: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Alicia (19 km away). In January its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Santiago, Philippines, with 99 mm of rain.

Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santiago, Philippines ranks 143rd of 151 for the warmest January highs and 61st of 151 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 151 cities is 27.8°C; Santiago, Philippines is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 52 mm.

The annual picture

January 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. 1520253035 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 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Santiago, Philippines climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Santiago, Philippines, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 25.2°C19.6°C19.6°C6511.011.311 h
February 26.1°C19.9°C19.9°C529.811.612 h
March 28.2°C20.9°C20.9°C6110.812.012 h
April 30.9°C22.6°C22.6°C6111.112.513 h
May 32.0°C23.7°C23.7°C16117.412.913 h
June 32.0°C23.9°C23.9°C13818.513.113 h
July 31.0°C23.6°C23.6°C22323.913.013 h
August 30.7°C23.6°C23.6°C20522.812.713 h
September 30.0°C23.2°C23.2°C21922.712.212 h
October 28.6°C22.6°C22.6°C18619.611.812 h
November 27.4°C21.9°C21.9°C15318.311.411 h
December 25.6°C20.7°C20.7°C15816.111.211 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Santiago

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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 Santiago) is explained once on the Santiago, Philippines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.