Climate averages 1991–2020
Zamboanga weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Zamboanga: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jolo (152 km away). In April its highs average 28.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Zamboanga, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Zamboanga ranks joint 123rd of 151 for the warmest April highs and 137th of 151 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 151 cities is 30.9°C; Zamboanga is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 208 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Zamboanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 119 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 99 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 108 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 130 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 208 | 26.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 247 | 26.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 216 | 26.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 192 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 190 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 244 | 27.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 197 | 25.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 157 | 23.1 | 11.712 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
April in nearby cities
- Jolo in AprilPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Pagadian in AprilPhilippines · 182 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Muricay in AprilPhilippines · 185 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Dipolog in AprilPhilippines · 231 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in AprilPhilippines · 238 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Cotabato in AprilPhilippines · 242 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in AprilPhilippines · 244 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Oroquieta in AprilPhilippines · 259 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 90 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 Zamboanga) is explained once on the Zamboanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.