Climate averages 1991–2020
Zamboanga weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Zamboanga: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jolo (152 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Zamboanga, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Zamboanga ranks joint 136th of 151 for the warmest May highs and joint 110th of 151 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 151 cities is 30.7°C; Zamboanga is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 208 mm to 247 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Jolo in MayPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Pagadian in MayPhilippines · 182 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Muricay in MayPhilippines · 185 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 181 mm rain
- Dipolog in MayPhilippines · 231 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in MayPhilippines · 238 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Cotabato in MayPhilippines · 242 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 292 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in MayPhilippines · 244 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 292 mm rain
- Oroquieta in MayPhilippines · 259 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 137 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.