Climate averages 1991–2020
Surigao weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Surigao: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buenavista (91 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Surigao, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Surigao ranks joint 79th of 151 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Surigao is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 125 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
Surigao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 274 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 207 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 133 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 80 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 74 | 15.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 125 | 19.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 136 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 102 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 158 | 23.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 193 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 224 | 25.4 | 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
- Buenavista in MayPhilippines · 91 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Butuan in MayPhilippines · 94 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Gingoog in MayPhilippines · 115 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 262 mm rain
- Bayugan in MayPhilippines · 119 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 241 mm rain
- Prosperidad in MayPhilippines · 141 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 189 mm rain
- San Francisco, Philippines in MayPhilippines · 148 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Ormoc in MayPhilippines · 167 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Tacloban in MayPhilippines · 170 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 122 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 Surigao) is explained once on the Surigao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.