Climate averages 1991–2020
Zamboanga weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zamboanga: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jolo (152 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Zamboanga, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Zamboanga ranks joint 127th of 151 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Zamboanga is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 190 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Jolo in AugustPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Pagadian in AugustPhilippines · 182 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 249 mm rain
- Muricay in AugustPhilippines · 185 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Dipolog in AugustPhilippines · 231 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in AugustPhilippines · 238 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 218 mm rain
- Cotabato in AugustPhilippines · 242 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in AugustPhilippines · 244 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 249 mm rain
- Oroquieta in AugustPhilippines · 259 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 143 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.