Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacloban weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Tacloban: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ormoc (51 km away). In January its highs average 28.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Tacloban, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Tacloban ranks joint 92nd of 151 for the warmest January highs and 128th of 151 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 151 cities is 27.8°C; Tacloban is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 205 mm to 149 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Tacloban climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 205 | 21.5 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 149 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 132 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 87 | 18.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 122 | 22.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 189 | 25.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 209 | 25.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 150 | 22.1 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 184 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 196 | 26.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 204 | 24.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 261 | 25.1 | 11.511 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
- Ormoc in JanuaryPhilippines · 51 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Catbalogan in JanuaryPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Borongan in JanuaryPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 273 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in JanuaryPhilippines · 108 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Danao in JanuaryPhilippines · 134 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Bantayan in JanuaryPhilippines · 140 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Catarman in JanuaryPhilippines · 145 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Cebu City in JanuaryPhilippines · 159 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 145 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 Tacloban) is explained once on the Tacloban year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.