Climate averages 1991–2020
Sipalay weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sipalay: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 269 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabankalan (52 km away). In May its highs average 31.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sipalay, with 267 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Sipalay ranks joint 83rd of 151 for the warmest May highs and 140th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Sipalay is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 269 mm to 389 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
Sipalay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 85 | 12.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 82 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 88 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 115 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 269 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 389 | 28.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 432 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 386 | 27.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 397 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 330 | 28.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 186 | 21.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 154 | 18.0 | 11.612 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
- Kabankalan in MayPhilippines · 52 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Bayawan in MayPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Himamaylan in MayPhilippines · 64 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 267 mm rain
- Bais in MayPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Tanjay in MayPhilippines · 87 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Bago City in MayPhilippines · 99 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 208 mm rain
- Iloilo in MayPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Dumaguete in MayPhilippines · 111 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 161 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 Sipalay) is explained once on the Sipalay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.