Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago, Philippines weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Santiago, Philippines: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alicia (19 km away). In May its highs average 32.4°C, about as warm as Santiago, Philippines, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santiago, Philippines ranks joint 30th of 151 for the warmest May highs and joint 52nd of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Santiago, Philippines is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 138 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
Santiago, Philippines climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 65 | 11.0 | 11.311 h |
| February | 26.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 52 | 9.8 | 11.612 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 61 | 11.1 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 32.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 161 | 17.4 | 12.913 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 138 | 18.5 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 223 | 23.9 | 13.013 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 205 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 219 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 19.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 153 | 18.3 | 11.411 h |
| December | 25.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 158 | 16.1 | 11.211 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
May in nearby cities
- Alicia in MayPhilippines · 19 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Ilagan in MayPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 233 mm rain
- Tabuk, Philippines in MayPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 285 mm rain
- Tuguegarao in MayPhilippines · 105 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 158 mm rain
- La Trinidad in MayPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Baguio in MayPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Solana in MayPhilippines · 108 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 162 mm rain
- Muñoz in MayPhilippines · 128 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 198 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 Santiago) is explained once on the Santiago, Philippines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.