Climate averages 1991–2020
Zamboanga weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Zamboanga: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jolo (152 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Zamboanga, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Zamboanga ranks joint 123rd of 151 for the warmest October highs and 97th of 151 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 151 cities is 28.9°C; Zamboanga is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 197 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jolo in OctoberPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Pagadian in OctoberPhilippines · 182 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Muricay in OctoberPhilippines · 185 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Dipolog in OctoberPhilippines · 231 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 247 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in OctoberPhilippines · 238 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 287 mm rain
- Cotabato in OctoberPhilippines · 242 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in OctoberPhilippines · 244 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Oroquieta in OctoberPhilippines · 259 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 205 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.