Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacloban weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Tacloban: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ormoc (51 km away). In October its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Tacloban, with 253 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Tacloban ranks joint 63rd of 151 for the warmest October highs and joint 42nd of 151 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 151 cities is 28.9°C; Tacloban is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 196 mm to 204 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ormoc in OctoberPhilippines · 51 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 253 mm rain
- Catbalogan in OctoberPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Borongan in OctoberPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in OctoberPhilippines · 108 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Danao in OctoberPhilippines · 134 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 231 mm rain
- Bantayan in OctoberPhilippines · 140 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 266 mm rain
- Catarman in OctoberPhilippines · 145 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 217 mm rain
- Cebu City in OctoberPhilippines · 159 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 191 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.