Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacloban weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Tacloban: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ormoc (51 km away). In September its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Tacloban, with 269 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Tacloban ranks joint 19th of 151 for the warmest September highs and joint 25th of 151 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Tacloban is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 184 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Ormoc in SeptemberPhilippines · 51 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 269 mm rain
- Catbalogan in SeptemberPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 241 mm rain
- Borongan in SeptemberPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 219 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in SeptemberPhilippines · 108 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 215 mm rain
- Danao in SeptemberPhilippines · 134 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 200 mm rain
- Bantayan in SeptemberPhilippines · 140 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 213 mm rain
- Catarman in SeptemberPhilippines · 145 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 233 mm rain
- Cebu City in SeptemberPhilippines · 159 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 153 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.