Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorsogon weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sorsogon: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Legaspi (33 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Sorsogon, with 237 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Sorsogon ranks joint 78th of 151 for the warmest August highs and 38th of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Sorsogon is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 199 mm to 229 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Sorsogon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 293 | 26.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 26.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 185 | 20.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 161 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 144 | 22.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 197 | 24.9 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 269 | 27.5 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 29.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 199 | 24.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 229 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 256 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 296 | 27.8 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 402 | 28.5 | 11.411 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
August in nearby cities
- Legaspi in AugustPhilippines · 33 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 237 mm rain
- Polangui in AugustPhilippines · 65 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 425 mm rain
- Virac in AugustPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Iriga City in AugustPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 368 mm rain
- Catarman in AugustPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 208 mm rain
- Naga (Bicol Region), Philippines in AugustPhilippines · 113 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 334 mm rain
- Calabanga in AugustPhilippines · 118 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Catbalogan in AugustPhilippines · 165 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 223 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 Sorsogon) is explained once on the Sorsogon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.