Climate averages 1991–2020
Virac weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Virac: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorsogon (73 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Virac, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Virac ranks joint 29th of 151 for the warmest August highs and 32nd of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Virac is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 186 mm to 226 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
Virac climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 195 | 20.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 132 | 16.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 120 | 18.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 83 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 192 | 24.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 253 | 26.6 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 186 | 22.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 226 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 241 | 25.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 247 | 25.7 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 310 | 25.3 | 11.311 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
- Sorsogon in AugustPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 199 mm rain
- Legaspi in AugustPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 237 mm rain
- Polangui in AugustPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 425 mm rain
- Iriga City in AugustPhilippines · 91 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 368 mm rain
- Calabanga in AugustPhilippines · 112 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Naga (Bicol Region), Philippines in AugustPhilippines · 114 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 334 mm rain
- Catarman in AugustPhilippines · 128 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 208 mm rain
- Daet in AugustPhilippines · 150 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 220 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 Virac) is explained once on the Virac year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.